Preachers' finds

Preachers, because of what they do, are probably more into the Bible than most folks, with the understanding that some who never preached know a lot more about the Bible than those who preach as a vocation or avocation. That said, those who are into the Word find NEW things sometimes or realize more the possible importance of what is said. That is my point in this blog, which I call preachers' finds.

Reading Acts 7 about Steven, the one who was stoned for his believe in and proclamation about Jesus, I find the following interesting, leading up to his stoning: "But being full of the Holy Spirit, he (Steven) gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God; and he said, 'Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God" (Verses 55 and 56). Note: the writer reports what Steven saw and records Steven's statement about what he saw.

I pose the question, where is God? Lots of speculation on that, for sure. Based on that question, perhaps, sometimes I stand at night and gaze into the sky and wonder, where is God, where is heaven? Which star is he located on? Which? With what Steven said, maybe God is beyond all that we see and know that exists! Could that be? Could God, and the Son, be beyond all that exist so many light years from earth? Could it be that what is recorded about Steven and what he said go beyond everything we know?

One thing I have believed is that God as our creator made us with time and measurements, all for our benefit. But he created us and those with limits! We count time by years and increments thereof. We count mass by weight and size. All of it, the counting of it, has thus far gone beyond the limits of what we can see, know or understand. Even the greatest telescopes devised by man have not reached the end. Isn't that amazing? Well, maybe not. I believe there will come a time for us when time, weights and measures will be no more, and we will know as we are known.

I believe (this is my find) it is possible that God is on the other side of our sky, beyond what scientists are trying to determine as the point of the "big bang." I believe that Steven in his statement saw it and was giving us and those who would stone him a glimpse of it. Certainly, I cannot say for sure that his words convey what my mind is picturing; I have not been there. But at the moment, it is the best preachers' find that I have, and I wanted to share it with you.

One day, I believe I, and we, will have the answer to where God is. Certainly, in my view, Steven was telling the truth about what he saw. The stones had not yet been thrown that would make him hallucinate,