"I am the universe."

Summary: "God is the universe in the sense that it is one of the ways that he represents himself to us."

There is this song on KTIS that I heard (it's been around awhile) which has the line "I am the universe. I am in every heart. I am where you are. The Lord of Lords, the king of kings. The holy lamb, above all things."

The first phrase "I am the universe" just pounced on me and stirred me up pretty well.
But then, of course, I had to pick it apart.

God, by the way, is NOT limited to the universe. There is no Native American mother nature or great spirit that is the earth.
However, God created the universe, and I think he created it as an image of himself to us, something for us to explore and enjoy. In heaven, of course, we get the real thing YEAH! But for now, we have to suffice with the world to explore, and his Holy Spirit inside of us.

So God can say "I am the universe." Because the universe is what he has chosen to represent himself to us, one of the ways he shows himself to us. The universe is his reflection in a pool, designed for us to see.