The following is from the book “More Than Meets the Eye” by Richard Swenson.

Our God is uncontrollable (that is, man cannot manipulate Him). If we want to come to Him we must come to Him on His terms. He gives us rest but only after He has shaken the foundations of our lives. He spoke the universe into existence. Nothingness obeys His voice.

He controls time, space, matter, and light. He monitors the position of every elementary particle. He is sufficient unto Himself. He does not need anybody or anything to accomplish His purposes. He answers to no one.

He obeys only His own counsel. He works on thousands of levels all at the same time. His scientific sophistication is unfathomable. His intelligence is so superior, according to Einstein, that in comparison “all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.”

Look up the word “omnipotent”(all-powerful). Either He is or He isn’t. And if He is, we had better prepare ourselves to accept the consequences. God’s power is undeniable; His precision is impressive; His sovereignty is on display. Why then do we live in such a stupor? How can such power fail to dominate our every thought and action?

It is not that God has failed to clearly demonstrate His nature, or that He has been lax in instructing us. It is just that we are slow to understand. Out eyesight is dim. This world is too much with us.

What we need is a new vision of God. The real God. Not some vague image we fold up and stuff in the back drawer of life, but the kind of God who parts the Red Sea and shakes Mount Sinai.

Try to imagine what it would be like to cross into eternity for just ten minutes and sit in the presence of God. If we could do that and then return to live out our lives, what would change? Everything. And the change would be complete.