Is God Big Enough?

Is God big enough to handle my questions?  Can He really handle all my problems?  Is He really always there?  How am I supposed to know that?

Colossians 1: 15 – 23

 ¹⁵He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. ¹⁶For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. ¹⁷He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. ¹⁸And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. ¹⁹For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, ²⁰and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

 ²¹Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. ²²But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— ²³if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

What a comfort these words provide.  This is the very beginning, the creator of all, and holds all things together.  God is the head, supreme in all things.  There is such strength here, hope.

Which begs the question, if God is that big, that good, great, and supreme – would He bother with me?  The next part, go ahead and read it again – that is the part which fills me with joy.  Once an enemy, and yet looked at not as villain, but as someone who is filled with love towards me.  That is an wonderful thing right there, but it goes on.  Reconciled, forgiven – cleansed from the sin which plagues us all.  Cleansed by a death from the blameless son of Christ. 

Yes, Paul’s proclamation is one of hope and power.  But, it is also a very personal statement, full of joy and hope.  What a wonderful thing it is to know that God really can handle all my questions, all my problems, and is always there.  Still how much more amazing it is that this God, big and powerful, almighty and all holy – is deeply interested in a relationship with me, with you.  Certainly worth a proclamation isn’t it!