When I was a little boy and learned to read I set out on my first journey through Scripture. There was much I did not understand as is still the case. But I clearly remember getting to Exodus 24 and was amazed that Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu and seventy elders of Israel saw God. Verse 9 says, they “saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of sapphire, clear as the sky itself.” I was so envious. I wanted to do that. I had been told in Bible class no one could see God, but there it was.
About a year later I got to Colossians 2:9. Paul wrote, “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form.” When I finished reading the Gospels, I suddenly realized my desire had been fulfilled. Jesus is just like God the Father. When I read all those stories about Jesus feeding people, healing people, raising people to life and loving them I knew I had seen God. That is what God is like.
Hooray. God was wonderful. He was approachable. I continued to read and got to Hebrews 4 and learned I could come to Him boldly. I didn’t have to crawl to Him on my stomach. He was my Father. As I continued reading it just kept getting better and better. Finally after about two years I got to Revelation 3:21 and read, “To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne.” Now that I am an old man I am still just as thrilled by this thought as I was as a boy.
Do you want to see God? Read the Gospels.
Written by Roger Bothwell on July 21, 2009
Spring of Life Ministry, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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