Invisible

Hebrews 11:27 (NIV)

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.

Good morning Zebras,

One of my favorite parts of the herd meeting is the sharing.  I love hearing what God has taught each woman about the attribute we’ve been studying.  Out of the variety of verses given it is so interesting to see how God speaks differently to each woman about the same attitude.

For example, this month my herd was pondering on the invisibility of God.  These are a few of the insights shared at our meeting.

In Deuteronomy 4:15, the Israelites were encouraged to watch themselves very carefully because God is invisible.  Since God cannot be seen you never know when He is around, so you should always be on your best behavior.  Of course, since God is omnipresent He is always around we just tend to forget. But we should remember-and behave.

God may be invisible but His presence can be seen in nature.  Romans 1:20 states “that since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen.”  And the Psalmist writes “creation declares the majesty of God.”  We may not be able to see Him, but we sure can see what He has created.

And God’s presence can also be seen in others.  1 John 4:12 states: “No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in us.”  God may be invisible but we can make Him visible to others as we love one another.  You may be the only Jesus people see.

For me the best verse was the only one I shared today.  Moses left Egypt because he saw Him who was invisible.  It’s our ability to “see” God that allows us to do the impossible.  The more real God is to you, the greater the power you have to live your life the way God desires.

Oswald Chambers wrote: “Moses endured not because of his principles of what was right or because of duty to God, but because he had a vision of God.  A person who has the vision of God is not devoted to a cause or to any particular issue-he is devoted to Christ Himself.”

But the “icing on the cake” was when one of the ladies shared that she is currently studying both Revelation and Daniel and she noticed, because we were focused on the invisible nature of God that although there is plenty of description about the throne of God and of the people and creatures around the throne there is not one single description of God. 

And then I got excited.

God showed me a couple of years ago me that in our attempt to depict God we have made Him much smaller than He is.  Ever since Michelangelo drew God as an old man with a grey beard, we’ve all got it stuck in our heads that’s what God looks like.  But it isn’t.  God is indescribable and beyond our comprehension.  He is far greater than we can ever imagine. And if Daniel and John didn’t feel prompted to describe Him, maybe we shouldn’t either.

Love,

Jill