No one has seen God at any time. If we love one
another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. By this we
know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Saviour of the
world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and
he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is
love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. – 1 John
4.12-16
There are all kinds of ways to show God to those
around us. We can live holy lives. We can go to church and do all kinds of
right and proper things. But there is something special and vital that we must do.
No one has ever seen God. Man is a sinner and God is
perfect so no one can ever look on Him in His holiness. So if we can’t
introduce anyone to God face to face, how do we show God to people around us?
I have known so folks, and have been there myself, who
seem to thing we show God to people by taking a ‘holier than thou’ attitude
toward others. We hold people, even those who don’t know God to our standard
and we stand in our bully pulpits with attacks and condemnations and venom
filled speech.
And when that happens this is how the world sees God
through us.
No one has seen God at any time. But God does manifest
Himself to the world by loving a world that rejected Him. God is love and when
He truly lives in us we are going to love and we are going to show His love to
the world around us.
The world is not going to see God – but they can see
the love of God in us. When we speak and act and behave like we hate the world we
are not giving them the true image of God.
When the world looks at you and me, when they see the
reflection of God in our lives, what do they see? Do they really see God’s love
abiding in us? Or do they see some false image of God based on our fleshly view
of the world?
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