GOD IS TRANSCENDENT

November 18 

But will God truly dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built!   1 Kings 8:27

The wisest man who ever lived on earth, apart from Jesus, told us that God is so immense that He could not contain Himself to a miniscule building on planet earth. He also implies that God is transcendent as Isaiah does in 57:15. Transcendent means that God is wholly other. He is not like us in essence. He is separate and distinct. Because He is infinite, we cannot fully grasp His nature because we are finite. He is not limited by space and time. They are His creations.  

We are made in the image of God, and so we share certain attributes of God like personality, emotion, will, intelligence, etc. However, we do not share God’s omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, sovereignty, etc. In light of these facts, it is amazing that God bids us to come to Him and learn of Him! Through the prophet Jeremiah, God says: “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Let not a wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast in his might; let not a rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts, boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am Yahweh who shows lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,’ declares Yahweh” (9:23-24). And Jesus said it like this: “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light” (Matthew 11:28-30). Are you learning from Jesus? Are you experiencing the rest that He promises? If not, why not begin today? 

Ike Graham