When you ask most people what their concept of God is, you invariably get the description of a grand old man with a white beard, sitting on a throne somewhere up in the sky, arbitrarily deciding whether or not to answer Yes or No to the many requests that come His way on a daily basis.

It would appear from the general consensus that He is not very amenable as the majority of requests meet with a ‘No’. This, in turn, is translated into the doctrine that it is ‘not God’s will’.

But is that really a true perception of who God really is or is this some religious gobble-gook dreamed up by the church in order to cover their shortcomings and put the blame on God.

Part of the problem is our misconception of God as a man. God is not a man, God is spirit. Even that statement will raise some controversy as most people’s bibles will say that ‘God is A spirit’, thus identifying Him as a single entity and thus separate from everything else. But if anyone cares to look into the original Greek text, you will find that the ‘A’ does not exist, making the true reading – God is Spirit. This fact is borne out by another reference which states that ‘God is ALL and in ALL’.

So, having established who God is, let us examine our original question – Where is God?

Well, if ‘God is all and in all’, then He is obviously everywhere, but let’s get a bit more specific. Most people will recognise God’s dwelling place as the Kingdom of Heaven, which is true. So that genders the question – where is the Kingdom of Heaven? Jesus answers that question for us when He plainly states that ‘the Kingdom of Heaven is within us’. If we accept this statement of Jesus to be true (and why should we not) then logic would tell us that if God’s abode is the Kingdom of Heaven and that Kingdom is within us, then God must be within us as well. This, of course, is borne out by the words of Jesus when He said, “I of myself can do nothing, it is the Father IN ME that does the works”.

So, to recap we recognise that God is Spirit, His abode is the Kingdom of Heaven, and that kingdom is within us. Logic leads us to the conclusion that the Creator is within us, thus making us partners or co-creators with Him.

If we could only realise the power of this truth, then, in partnership with God, nothing would be impossible.

Mathew 19:26… “but with God all things are possible”

Luke 1:37… “for with God nothing shall be impossible”