The Nature of God

The Shoreline of an Endless Ocean

A Treatise on the Nature of God

We see only the shoreline.
But there is an ocean beyond.
And it has no end.

That is God.

The Limits of Our Vision

We live as though we’ve mapped reality.
Microscopes, telescopes, AI models, theories —
and still, we’ve seen less than a drop.

Science admits it.
We see less than 1% of light.
We hear only a narrow band of sound.
We know only what fits inside the human skull.

The rest remains unseen.
Unheard.
Unknown.

And yet — it exists.

If we can’t perceive the world we live in,
how could we possibly contain the One who made it?

The Cup and the Ocean

Try to pour the ocean into a teacup.
A teaspoon fills it; the rest overflows.

Our minds are that cup.
God is that ocean.

We fill books, sermons, doctrines —
but we’re holding teaspoons of infinity.

And still He invites us to know Him.
Not to comprehend Him —
but to know Him.
To walk to the water’s edge and step in.

The Unsearchable God

“Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
and His greatness is unsearchable.” — Psalm 145:3

Unsearchable.
Not unknowable — but inexhaustible.

You can know Him truly,
but never fully.
You can study forever,
and still not reach the bottom.

The God Who Reveals Himself

If He didn’t reveal Himself,
we would know nothing.

Creation whispers His glory.
Scripture speaks His name.
Jesus shows His face.
The Spirit breathes His presence.

That is how we learn —
not by scaling heaven,
but by receiving what heaven gives.

The Smallness of Our God

We live in an age of small gods.
Not because God has shrunk —
but because our vision has.

We measure Him by what He does for us this week.
We pray only for what fits our comfort zone.
We treat His holiness like a suggestion.

And then we wonder why our faith feels fragile.

A small view of God
creates a small faith.

The God of Scripture

The Bible is not a self-help book.
It’s a revelation.
It is not about what man can do,
but what God has done.

He speaks worlds into existence.
He calls light out of darkness.
He knows stars by name.
He knows you by name.

The same hand that holds galaxies
holds your tears.

That is the mystery —
immensity and intimacy,
in one Being.

The God Who Draws Near

A distant God might impress us.
But a near God transforms us.

He came near in a garden.
Walked with Adam in the cool of the day.
Came near in a manger.
Walked with fishermen in dusty roads.
Came near in Spirit.
Walks within us now.

He is infinite — yet immediate.
He is vast — yet personal.
He is holy — yet humble enough to dwell in you.

The Whisper and the Thunder

Elijah found Him not in the earthquake,
nor the fire,
but in the whisper.

He thunders at Sinai —
and whispers at Calvary.

He commands storms —
and speaks peace over the waves.

He breaks nations —
and binds the brokenhearted.

He is not one or the other.
He is both.

The God of Power

“By Him all things were created,
in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible…
and in Him all things hold together.” — Colossians 1:16–17

The atom stays intact by His decree.
Gravity obeys His word.
Time moves forward because He wills it.

And yet,
the same power that raised Christ from the dead
is at work in you.

The God of Love

“For God so loved the world…” — John 3:16

Not the good parts.
Not the parts that loved Him back.
The world —
broken, hostile, wandering.

We barely love a few people well.
He loves billions — perfectly.

His love doesn’t fray.
It doesn’t ration itself.
It flows like the sun —
warming every corner it touches,
never running out of light.

The God Who Waits

We rush.
He reigns.

We measure by hours.
He rules over ages.

“To the Lord, a day is as a thousand years.” — 2 Peter 3:8

He is never late.
He is never hurried.
He never forgets what He promised.

When He seems silent,
He is still sovereign.
When He delays,
He is still directing the story.

The God Who Became Man

The Author wrote Himself into the story.

He didn’t shout instructions from the sky.
He entered the pit.
He bore the weight.
He felt the hunger,
the betrayal,
the nails.

The Creator hung on His own creation —
for love.

This is not mythology.
This is history.
This is redemption.

The God Who Sends

The Father sent the Son.
The Son sent the Spirit.
The Spirit sends us.

We are living temples,
embassies of another Kingdom.
Citizens of heaven
living behind enemy lines.

You are not called to escape the world.
You are called to illuminate it.

The God Who Invites

The story ends where it began —
with God dwelling among His people.

“Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man.” — Revelation 21:3

The garden becomes a city.
The exile becomes a homecoming.
Tears become laughter.
Time becomes eternity.

The journey ends at His feet.

The God Beyond Words

We speak in metaphors because words fail.
Ocean.
Fire.
Light.
Wind.
Rock.
Father.
King.
Lamb.

Each is true,
but none are complete.
He is all of them,
and more.

Every name reveals,
but also conceals —
for no word can hold the Infinite.

The Awe That Transforms

Awe fuels trust.
Trust fuels obedience.
Obedience, shaped by love,
is how we live until He calls us home.

If all you remember is this —
God is bigger than you thought,
and nearer than you imagined —
then you’ve reached the shoreline of an endless ocean.

Step in.
The waves are waiting.

Prayer:
Lord, You are the Ocean without edge, the Light without shadow, the Love without end.
My mind is small, but my heart is open.
Teach me awe again.
Keep me humble on the shore until You draw me into the depths.
Amen.