"...God is invisible, and I am blind..."

The gift of sight is something I continue to appreciate, more and more, especially as I get older, and my vision is no longer what it once was.  To be able to see and marvel at the wonder of creation, to be able to see and enjoy the beauty of a smile on my wife’s face, to be able to see and appreciate art, in its many forms, to be able to see and read words on a page, thoughts and insights that I might learn and grow...this is a precious gift from God.  But, beyond the beauty of creation, beyond the beauty of my wife’s smiling face, beyond the beauty of art, beyond the beauty of words on a page, there is one “vision” that has captured the desire of the souls of men throughout the ages...the “Beatific Vision,” the desire to “see” God.

Sacred Scripture records the expressed desires of  men like Moses, David, and even the disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, all yearning to “see” God.  However, Scripture also identifies two daunting problems we are faced with in seeking to satisfy our desire to see Him.

First, God is Spirit, He is invisible.  As a result, if I am to “see” Him, He must reveal Himself to me in a manner suited to my finite, creaturely, sensory capacities.  Second, I am blind.  A problem of my own making...the direct result of my sin, and a problem I am incapable of resolving.  Therefore, if I am to “see” Him, He must heal me...He must give me “eyes to see.”

Thankfully, Scripture does not leave us without hope.  Rather, Scripture reveals that the solution to both of those problems, the fulfillment and complete satisfaction of our desire, has been provided by God in the person of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

First, He, (Jesus), is the image of the invisible God...He is the radiance, the out-shining of the Glory of God, and the exact imprint of His nature.  In Him, all the fulness of God was pleased to dwell.  Second, in Him, and in Him alone, God has provided for, and accomplished the healing of regeneration, giving me eyes to see, as well as ears to hear.

In the Lord Jesus Christ, and in Him alone, we see accurately who God is...we see accurately who we are...and, we see accurately who we are created, called to be.