If astronauts were asked what keeps them and their space capsule in orbit around the Earth, they would likely reply that it’s a combination of gravity and velocity. And if asked whether they could see gravity, they would surely answer “No.” Maybe they would add that they could recognize gravitation by its effect. The fact is, astronauts trust their lives to a force and law they feel the effect of but cannot see.
Our experience of gravity can assist us when thinking about God. God is supreme power and cause. We cannot see this power, but we can feel its effects. Paul writes this about God in his letter to the Romans: “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead” (1:20). And we read in the book of Hebrews, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (11:1).
Indeed, the Bible is our primary resource for learning about God. It teaches that He is all-inclusive, all-loving, and omnipotent Spirit. It assures us that God is the only creative source, that He is good, that He is Love itself. It insists that He is omnipresent, all-acting, all-knowing, all-powerful, and that He eternally embraces us in His perfect love as our creator. And it is full of examples and illustrations of these facts. Prime among these examples is the life of Christ Jesus, recorded in the New Testament. Jesus bore witness to God’s omnipresence and omnipotence so perfectly that Christians today still strive to follow him faithfully.
