Where Is Your God?

On a bookshelf? Up in heaven? When you think about God, you probably think that He is good and great and all-powerful. That’s because you’ve been taught about the living God of the Bible. But where is He? Yes, everywhere. God isn’t in one place, because He doesn’t have a size or shape or gravity. That’s because God is a Spirit. So how can you know Him or feel Him if you cannot see Him? Because He created you with a spirit to worship and love Him. He wants to be your God—in your heart.

God gives us a choice of what we will worship and obey. What fills your thoughts and seems most important to you? What controls your life? If you don’t let the Almighty God of love rule your heart, then something else will. Your god might be money or friends. Or maybe you love horses or video games or movie stars the most. What’s wrong with that? They cannot help you live right. You might think you are making your own choices and can do what you want, but without God in your heart you are becoming a slave. Only the living holy God is able to save you from sin and evil. He said, “Have no other gods before Me” because He knew that everything else would destroy you. Just like how worms ruin an apple—your life may look good on the outside, but the inside will be rotten.

When I was a child I believed in God and wanted to be good so I could live with Him in heaven one day. But something else was controlling my life. Something I couldn’t get rid of or change, no matter how hard I tried. God seemed great and good—but usually far away. I didn’t know the God that could make me truly happy and free. That is, until one day… But I’ll let you read about that in The Story of Mariann’s Heart. That’s my story.