{"id":909,"date":"2020-07-05T13:56:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-05T18:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=909"},"modified":"2020-07-05T13:56:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T18:56:39","slug":"have-you-seen-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/05\/have-you-seen-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you seen God?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cI have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.<\/strong>\u201d
Job 42:5 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

God created all things. We can understand that He created all\nthings, including us, for his pleasure. \u201cThou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for\nthou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created<\/strong>\u201d\n(Revelation 4:11). But have you ever\ntaken time to hear about God? How about trying to see Him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does it really mean when people say they have \u201cseen\u201d\nGod? Can anyone really \u201csee\u201d God? Some things you see without physical eyes.\nThis \u201cseeing\u201d is referring to the movement of God in one\u2019s own personal life. A\nfew books in the Old Testament reveal men wanting to know God better \u2013 in a\npersonal way. Job, King David (in the book of Psalms), and King Solomon (in the\nbooks of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon) were such men. We also see\nGod move in the hearts and lives of these men. There is a great picture of this\nin the life of Job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Job opens with a behind-the-scenes event that Job never knew\nabout (a very important fact for us to consider!). Satan presents himself\nbefore the throne of God. Remember; God knows all, see: \u201c\u2026 <\/strong>for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and\nunderstandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts \u2026<\/strong>\u201d (1 Chronicles\n28:9b). Yet we find that He asks Satan if he has set his heart upon Job. Read\nhow Job is described: \u201c\u2026 <\/strong>a\nperfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth<\/strong> (turns away from) evil<\/strong>\u201d (Job\n1:8). Satan wants to \u201csteal, kill, and destroy\u201d (John 10:10). This fact is vividly portrayed in the book of\nJob. Job lost all of his wealth, his ten children, and eventually even his\nhealth. Yet through all of the adversity that Job endured, he never cursed God.\nHe sought his own heart, and he acknowledged God and who He is. When he did not\nunderstand what it was that was happening to him, he appealed to God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And God answered him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Job never fully understood what happened, or why, we\ncan read about it for ourselves in the book of Job. Job\u2019s faith and trust in\nthings of which he did not know is rather amazing. Yet through it all, Job\u2019s\nfaith and trust in God grew. Even knowing how God described Job at the\nbeginning of the book, read what Job recognized about his own condition in the\npresence of God. \u201c5. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now\nmine eye seeth thee. 6. Wherefore I abhor myself,<\/em> and repent in dust and\nashes<\/strong>\u201d (Job 42:5-6). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These events give us much insight, if only we will receive\nit. Although Job never knew that God allowed Satan to cause these events in his\nlife, we find that he trusted God. There is an important thing that we should\nremember \u2013 God knew Job. He knew that Job could endure all of those things and\neven grow in his faith and trust in Him. When we are faced with things, we\nshould understand that God won\u2019t allow anything to happen to us that He doesn\u2019t\nalready know we can handle. If we just will! \u201cThere hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but\nGod is<\/em> faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are\nable; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be\nable to bear it<\/em><\/strong>\u201d (1 Corinthians 10:13). Temptation<\/em>\nhere means \u201cputting to proof (by experiment [of good], or experience [of evil];\nto try.\u201d And the words to be tempted<\/em> here mean \u201cto test.\u201d But my\nfavorite part: the words God is faithful.<\/em> The word faithful<\/em> here\nmeans \u201ctrustworthy; faithful; true.\u201d I can trust God because He is faithful\nthrough it all! Job understood this before it was even written.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you trusted God to be faithful during your trying times?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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