How big is your God?

It was a simple question to a group of six kids at church yesterday:

How big is God?

The answers were charming: Humongous, one said. Giant, one said. Unmeasurable, one said.

Then came the answer of the day: He has two feet.

I'm not too sure where that answer fits in, but I know it was from the heart as well as the man. God has two feet. He also, the child said, has two hands.

In other words, in the child's mind's eye, God has human attributes. He has two hands and two feet.

How big is your God, I ask.

Let's put it this way:

Astronomers estimate that there are as many galaxies outside the Milky Way as there are stars in it. The Hubble Ultra Deep Field, taken in 2004, imaged 10,000 galaxies in a cone of space so slim you could cover it with a grain of sand held at arm's length. Integrated over the entire sky, that would mean there are more than 100 billion galaxies in the visible universe, many with more than 100 billion stars each. According to Psalm 147:4, God calls them all by name.

I also asked the kids if you could measure God by time, pointing to a watch. They were unanimous in thinking that was not possible, though I wonder if they understood why.

Contemplating such things is humbling, but also raises questions. Can such a God as that, who watches over such a big, big universe care about little ol' me? It's important to understand the Biblical doctrine of omnipresence in answering this question. Learning that God is everywhere does not mean that part of Him is here, part there, and part in a distant galaxy, as if His love were spread thinly across all of space. No; omnipresence means that all of God is present at every place, at the same time.

I guess then the question rightfully placed is how big is YOUR God? Big enough to answer and big enough simply to listen, I would hope. Big enough to deal with your problems and big enough to deal with the big picture. Big enough to care, I pray.