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Psalm chapter 11 verse 4.

The Lord is in his holy temple.

The Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes see, his eyelids test, the children of man.

What a picture. This verse really summarizes what theologically is often called

God's transcendence and imminence.

So God is transcendent in the sense that he is separate from his creation, he is over his

creation, he doesn't depend on anything in creation in any way, he's sovereign over everything,

he is mighty above everything, so he is glorious above creation, transcending everyone and everything.

At the same time he is imminent, which means God is present in the universe that he is made. He is working, so this is not

like pantheism, like creation is God, but God is at work in all of creation and he is at work in every single detail in our lives.

So you put that together here in Psalm Chapter 11,

4, the Lord is in his holy temple the Lord's

throne is in heaven that's a picture of his transcendence he rains wholly

above all on a throne yet his eyes see his eyelids test the children of man like

he knows every single detail in our lives he's's not distant from us, he is with us. He knows

everything about us. He knows every thought that you've had today in ways that you can't even remember.

He knows every desire you've had.

He knows every word you have said will say, everything we have done he sees it all his eyes see his

eyelids test the children of man so when we think about God when we talk about God, when we pray to God, we must always be aware of both of these

qualities in God, his transcendence and his imminence, the fact that he rules and reigns over us, and the fact

that he's with us, and is intricately, intimately involved in the very details of our lives and nothing is hidden

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