Sunday’s Blessing – 03/29/2026 – Palm Sunday – What Does God Do with His Spare Time?
Have you ever wondered if God gets too busy to take care of His creation? Some of the characteristics attributed to Him in scripture are “all knowing”, “present everywhere”, and “all powerful”. With the current population of earth being around 8.3 billion people, some wonder how can God possibly be able to keep up with all of us? My question is a little more simple. What does God do in His spare time?
Do you think God is at least as capable as the best invention of man? Since God created man I would have to believe that He has capabilities which exceed man’s knowledge or ability to create. With that in mind, let me get a little technical here to explain what I’m trying to say. The current “fastest super computer” is called El Capitan whose speed is 2.88 exaFLOPs per second. Computer speed is measured by the number of FLOPs it can perform per second. A FLOP is a floating point instruction. In other words, a FLOP is the computer performing the problem of 3.569 * .9459. Most humans could do this computation, but it would take longer than 1 second. El Capitan can do this computation in 1 second, along with 2,880,000,000,000,000,000 more. That represents what is know as exaFLOPS. That is 10 to the 18th power, which is basically a billion billion per second.
I would contend that God is at least that capable. So, with 8.3 billion people, God could think about every single person on earth every second and still have 999,999,992 billion “thoughts” to spare. The question is not, “How can God keep up with everyone?” Instead, the question should be, “What does God do with all of His spare time?”
One of God’s attributes is that of Creator. He didn’t just create the universe in six days and then stop creating. No. He rested for one day (the Sabbath – not Saturday or Sunday, but a period of ceasing from His labor) then resumed His creating. Each human born on earth is “formed in its mother’s womb” by God. (Jeremiah 1:5) God is working in each human’s life to bring about His plan for them by “giving them a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11) One New Testament promise we have from one of Paul’s books to Corinth is, “But, as it is written, ‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him’— these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.” (1 Corinthians 2:9-10) ESV
So, not only can God keep up with each human’s current goings on, He has time to plan a future for us that will be a blessing for us and for others with whom we have contact. “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him.” 1 Chronicles 16:9a (ESV) As we keep our hearts and minds focused on God, He is busy working out a way for us to succeed in living for Him. A song came to mind as I was thinking on these things. It’s from my favorite group of all time, Roger Breland’s TRUTH. From their Get It from the Source album, the song Never Too Busy sums up what I’m trying to say. Look at these lyrics.
Ah, He is never too busyNever in a hurryNever gonna pass you byAlways gonna take the timeTo see about youOh, never too busyNever in a hurryNever gonna pass you byAlways gonna take the timeTo see about youThe very momentThe very second that you need HimHe's gonna be thereAll you ever have to do is callHe'll bring you throughEvery price that's in your lifeHe's got everything that you needDon't it make you happy to nowThat He is never too busyNever, never in a hurryNever gonna pass you byAlways gonna take the timeTo see about youOh, never too busyNever in a hurryNever gonna pass you byAlways gonna take the timeTo see about youNever too busyNever too busyThere are times in your lifeWhen you really need someoneYou got a problemBut your friends just can't be foundWhy do you wait, why do you waitWhy do you hesitateWhen you know that JesusIs the answerAnd He's never, never too lateOh, never too busyNever, never in a hurryNever gonna pass you byAlways gonna take the timeTo see about youOh, never too busyNever in a hurryNever gonna pass you byAlways gonna take the timeTo see about you
Do not consider God “out there somewhere, not interested in my life”. He is ever present to meet you where you are, in exactly the place you need Him. Simply speak to Him, because He is listening. He’s never in a hurry.
Today's blessing:
Be still and known that He is God!
