INFINITY

March 14 was Pi Day.  You know − π − the symbol that represents “the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.” 

We all learned in school that π = 3.14.  So, mathematicians, math teachers, math students, and even the rest of us who are interested, celebrate Pi Day on 3/14.  

Makes sense?

But 3.14 is really only an abbreviation. The real Pi is 3.14159265358979323846264338 3279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998.............. ad infinitum     

According to Wikipedia, it’s been figured up to five trillion digits and just keeps on going; it never ends!  It is one of the most important “constants” in mathematics.  

Let your mind follow those digits as though they were a long train, extending into eternity.  The train never ends. You just keep going−forever and ever and ever and ever and ever... Close your eyes and try to imagine it before you finish reading this post. Let your mind follow that train for as long as you can, realizing that it will never end.

That’s a picture of infinity!  

When we really concentrate on something going on forever, without end, we reach a point where we begin to feel panic.  Everything we know has a beginning and an end; our finite minds can’t sanely comprehend the infinite unknown.

That being the case, how can we even begin to understand God. The digits in Pi have a beginning; it’s just the end that’s infinite.  But God has no beginning and no end!  He calls Himself, “I AM.”  He exists outside of time!  He is eternal.

To stretch our thinking even further, that same God has infinite power, infinite love, infinite goodness, infinite mercy.  He is everywhere present; He knows all things; He is in control of all things.  He created all things−the vast universe being explored by astronomers down to the “God particle” being searched for by physicists at Fermilab.  

That God has a plan; and we, as His creation, are a part of that plan. It’s mind-boggling to realize that He extends to us the promise of infinite life, i.e. eternal life.  “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.” (John 3:16)

Just think of it! Life without an end!  Living forever, and ever, and ever, and ever...  A life that keeps on going, just like Pi.  

Do you suppose God has hidden examples of the infinite (like Pi) in His creation so we might gain glimpses of what He is like?