Big Vision of God
I believe that one of the primary things for a thinking person to recognize is that God, who created time, space, and matter, exists outside of time, space, and matter. God, by definition, must transcend that which He creates.
The Creator used no substance or energy to make the universe; it came from nothing but His own word, or His own reasoning. We humans use the substances, energy, and creative thinking patterns that have already been provided to us. In a very real sense, we “create” nothing; rather, we “rearrange” that which God has already given to us.
To understand that the God of Bible, while choosing to enter our world and interact with our world, is nonetheless infinitely greater than our world and is the only self-sustaining being, is a basic tenet of faith. From this starting point, we gain the “big vision” of God that is necessary to comprehending what He has revealed in the Bible.
– Shelli Prindle
“By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.” (Hebrews 11:3)