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INVISIBLE GOD

COLOSSIANS 1:15

“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation:” 

If I could have any attribute of God, it would invisibility. Wouldn’t that be cool? You could walk around and no one would know you were there. You could move things around and trick people without them seeing you. Now, I’m just kidding. I don’t really want that. I had rather be seen by others. I want them to know I am there. But God’s invisibility is mentioned in Scripture several times. Let’s take a look at a few.

In today’s verse, Paul says that Jesus is “the image of the invisible God.” He was God in the flesh. That’s not to say that God looks just like Jesus did in the flesh. He was the eikon of God, which means He reflected the very form and nature of God. God Himself remains unseen because we cannot handle His glory in our human flesh. His invisibility is really for our protection.

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In Romans 1:20 we see the same word for “invisible” used. “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, being understood by what has been made, so that they are without excuse.” We can’t see God’s attributes, but we can see the effect. All around us we can see God’s hand at work.

1 Timothy 1:17 uses the word. “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.” In this verse, Paul is giving praise to our God and King and calls Him the invisible God. Paul had been struck blind on the road to Damascus by God Himself. He knew of His glory. The brightness of that encounter left him with scales on his eyes that were only removed by God’s intervention through Ananias.

In Hebrews 11:27 we see Moses described when the writer says, “By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he persevered, as though seeing Him who is unseen.” One commentator said this, “The antonym of faith is not fear – it is sight.” Through faith we see God – not the physical manifestation of Him but the effects of Him in our lives. Is God invisible? Yes! But is He seen daily in our lives? You had better believe it.

God, thank You for showing Yourself to me every day!

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FOCUSED

JOEL 2:8

“They do not crowd each other, every warrior of them marches in his path; when they burst through the defenses, they do not break ranks.”

Staying focused on a task is important. Most people today are so unfocused. They live by ten seconds snippets. Instagram and Tik Tok have altered the way we look at life. We are accustomed to those short pieces of life. We don’t have the discipline to focus on something longer than a few seconds. We are missing so much, even though we have so much more.

These locusts Joel is describing are focused. They have one purpose – to eat everything in sight. Nothing deters them from their task. They are determined to eat, eat, eat. They fly and crawl only to eat. We can learn something from them. God has given these locusts a task to perform, and they are determined to accomplish it.

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Do you have a laser focus on God? I mean, are you so focused on Him that others call you fanatical? Most of us don’t. But we should be. We need to be so dialed in on God that all that we do is related to Him. After all, if we are believers, all we do should be about Him. God’s will for our lives is for us to give Him glory. All we do and say should be focused on Him.

Most of us consider God as an afterthought. When things get bad, we turn to Him. When tragedy strikes we call on Him. We just celebrated the 20th anniversary of 9/11. I can vividly remember our nation turning to God after that. Churches were full. Services were held in our capitol. Prayer vigils were going on all over the country. Twenty years later people have forgotten who got them through it. It wasn’t the government. It was our Lord.

I have become so focused on God and His Word that others look at me as strange. When I talk about the importance of memorizing Scripture, I get these weird looks from people. God desires us all to be “crazy” about Him. Every aspect of our lives belongs to Him. When we finally realize that, it all begins to make sense. Let me urge you today to set your sights on God alone and trust Him to lead and guide you each day.

I am so thankful that I have learned to focus on You. Guard my sight, O Lord, from distractions.

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IS GOD INVISIBLE?

1 JOHN 4:12

“No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.”

When I first read this verse, it seemed like the first part had nothing to do with the second part. What has God not being seen to do with God abiding in us and His love? But then it hit me. Of course, we can’t see God, but we can see God when His love, which abides in us, is shown to others.

John talks about loving one another and God abiding in us a lot. So, he is not confused in this verse. All these thoughts in this verse go together. If we want people to see God, we have to love them. We have to show them how He abides in us and how His love is perfected in us.

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How do your kids know you love them? Do they read about it in some book? Do you just talk about it? No, they see how you love them by how you treat them, how you talk to them, how you express that love when they are the most unloveable. We teach our kids about our love for them by expressing that love.

I’m a hugger. I love to hug people. The hardest part about this covid-19 pandemic is not being able to do that. But you can hug your own kids. Express your love. Take every opportunity you have to do that. Kids need to be touched. They need to be cuddled. Do all that in Jesus’ name. Every time you hug them, ask them if they know who loves them more than mommy and daddy. Tell them just how much God loves them.

Who do you need to show God’s love to today? Maybe you have a neighbor who is struggling right now due to isolation in this pandemic. Find a way to express God’s love to them. Maybe a coworker is going through a hard time at work. Express God’s love to them. Remember, they can’t see God, but they can sure see God in you.

I may be the only Jesus someone sees today, Lord. Help me love them as You do. I want them to see You in me.

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