Something Far Away

The words of that famous song are going around in my head today.

“There is a green hill far away,

Without a city wall,

Where the dear Lord was cruicified,

Who died to save us all.”

While the physical events took place in a country far away from me, I know He is so very close. “But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!” 2 Chronicles 6:18

I wonder, if sometimes we wish that God was something out there far away. We wouldn’t have to deal with those difficult questions of life, if He was. It would be easier to blame God for the things that go wrong in our lives and our world if He was a distant entity, watching us from a distance.

But…. He isn’t, He is right here, right now, helping me cope with my everyday problems, struggles and questions. He is challenging me to get out of bed every morning. He is inspiring me to write and grow. Even when He seems to be so very far away I know that He isn’t. He is so close that I cannot even touch Him.

God once told Jacob (Genesis 28:16) “And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.” Sometimes when I look back on my life, I can say exactly the same as Jacob.