Many people have asked me this same question, often with both curiosity and quiet longing: Who is God? It’s not just a question for the mind, but for the heart. Deep down, we all want to know who is behind the beauty of creation, who listens when we pray, and who holds us when life feels uncertain.
In the Christian faith, we believe that God is not an idea or a distant power. God is a living, personal Being—the Creator of all that exists. He is eternal, without beginning or end, and everything that is good, true, and beautiful flows from Him. In the Book of Exodus, when Moses asked for God’s name, the Lord replied, “I AM WHO I AM” (Exodus 3:14). This mysterious phrase reveals that God simply is—pure existence, the source of all life.
But God is not just the Creator who set the universe in motion. He is love itself (1 John 4:8). Love is not something He does; it is who He is. Out of that love, He made us in His image—not as slaves, but as His children. He desires a relationship with each one of us, and this love was made visible in Jesus Christ. In Jesus, we see the face of God who became man so that we might know Him personally.
The Church teaches that God is One in essence and Three in Persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This mystery of the Holy Trinity is not about three gods, but one God who exists in a perfect communion of love. The Father creates, the Son redeems, and the Holy Spirit sanctifies. Together, they reveal that the very heart of God is relationship—an eternal exchange of love into which we are invited.
When we say “God,” we speak of the One who knows your name, who sees your tears, who rejoices in your joy. He is not far away. He is nearer than your own breath. When we open our hearts in prayer, we find not silence but Presence—the quiet assurance that we are loved and never alone.
May you never stop asking who God is, for the more we seek Him, the more we discover that He has been seeking us all along.
— Fr. John Matthew, for Christian Way
