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God, the All Present Spirit
God is the omnipresent Spirit, equally alive in all parts of the cosmos simultaneously. Such presence is not comprehensible to we mortal creatures though for we do not yet know all parts of the cosmos, much less how to be present in even two such places at once, much less all of them. If we meditate on the all presence of God though, we shall gain a greater appreciation of his immeasurable Spirit. And likewise shall we more correctly discern our own humble position amidst the most gracious, all holy person of God.
God is Spirit as Scripture states, and for the Spirit to be present everywhere in the universe simultaneously, the universe must be literally contained inside the Spirit. The universe has to exist interiorally to God, like a seed in an orange, a sponge in the sea or even a fetus inside of a womb. The universe cannot be infinite then as some might claim but only of a size too vast for our finite minds to fathom. It has a measurement too large for our comprehension and is yet expanding even further beyond all human discernment but that doesn't equal infinity. It only means our small minds are limited.
There is nothing of infinite measure but for that eternal Spirit we call God. It pays to remember that before the creation nothing existed but God, alone in his timeless, all holy Self. There was no space, time or matter because existence itself was exclusive to God. Since nothing existed but this Spirit of God, where else then could the universe be created than within the Spirit? There was no place or location for creation to occur but inside the Spirit because that Spirit was the entirety of all that existed. This is how all creation, our species included, was internally formed and remains fully enveloped in this Spirit we call God. But beyond the notion of existing internally to God, it is also true that this Spirit exists internally to us.
We cannot discern the nature of Spirit but we bear a strong sense of its immaterial nature, knowing that God's Spirit shall not be blocked by any of the material elements it created. God exists pervasively, inside all elements regardless their density as his immaterial Spirit penetrates all things large and small. In an infinitely large way God surrounds all matter because the universe itself and all matter therein live contained in his Spirit. And in an infinitely small way, God subatomically penetrates all matter, all the way down through protons, electrons and neutrons. Exteriorally, God surrounds the universe and interiorally, God saturates it along with all material therein, flesh included. This is the eternal Spirit of God; all present in both the subatomics and vast expanses of the great cosmos, alive within, throughout and beyond the universe as the great maker, redeeming sustainer and life energy of all things, now and forever, Amen.
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Alpha Omega
