‘Show me, O God, where to look, that I might see You.’ – Augustine
Where can He not be found?
He is the beginning and end (Rev 22:13).
He is in the height and the depth (Ps 139:8).
In the universe created and sustained (Heb 1:3).
In the Word made flesh (Jn 1:14).
He turns idol worshipers into fathers of faith (Gen 12:1).
He is with the orphan and the widow (Gen 16:13).
He bends evil intentions of men for good (Gen 50:20).
He uses cowardly leaders for His purpose (Ex 4:13).
He is in the wandering (Deut 8:2, Hos 2:14).
He is in the unexpected provision (Ex 16).
He makes all things beautiful in their time (Ecc 3:11).
He is with us while we sleep (1 Sam 3:3-4, Ps 4:8).
He sees us when we are the last, least and forgotten (1 Sam 16:11).
He is with us in captivity (Ps 137).
He is with acquainted with all our grief (Is 53:3).
He has become our sin (2 Cor 5:21).
He remembers our sin no more (Is 43:25, Heb 8:12).
He is in the whisper, and He is in the storm (1 Kings 19:12, Ps 50:3).
He is the voice calling from behind, guiding (Is 30:21).
He keeps company with the unlikely (Mk 2:15).
He calls a people unto Himself (Deut 7:6).
He inhabits the praises of His people (Ps 22:3).
He does not forsake the work of His hands (Ps 138:8).
He pursues His enemies (Lk 19:10, Rom 5:10).
He is in the prison cell (Acts 12, Acts 19).
He is with His persecuted Church (Acts 7:55-56, Jn 15:18).
He is the Word living and active (Heb 4:12).
He is the Lamb that was slain before the foundation of the world (Rev 13:8).
He is the sacrifice, perfect and complete (Heb 10:14).
He has died (Jn 19:30).
He has risen (Matt 28:6).
He sits at the right hand of the Father (Eph 1:20).
He has come (Jn 1:9).
And He is coming again (Rev 1:7).
‘And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.’ Col 1:17
Oh Lord, show us where to look for You. In cubicles and broken appliances. In early mornings and sleepless nights. In mundane errands and long conversations. In loneliness and fear. When we have sinned, and when we have been sinned against. In unexpected turns, and abrupt endings. In grief and in joy. In tears and callused hearts. In transitions and long stretches of sameness. In time moving too slow, and in time moving too fast. In prayers too apprehensive and sacred to be uttered. In our zealous apathy. In hope deferred and desires only realized in part. In the creation You have made, and in Your image emblazoned even upon our enemies. Lord, give us eyes to see You in all things. We believe that there is enough grace for this moment, because You are here with us in this moment. In Your gracious name we pray, amen.
Looking,
AB