What should feel alive often feels confusing and boring and irrelevant. We want to experience God through the Bible… we really do!īut our good intentions fall flat when reading the Bible just doesn’t seem to help us experience God in a real way. in Communication from Regent University and serves as associate producer for Soul Check TV. Her writing has been published by Focus on the Family, Decision, Today’s Christian Woman,, , and more. She enjoys writing about faith, marriage, parenting, relationships, and life. Where there is hatred, let me sow love Where there is injury, pardon Where there is doubt, faith Where there is despair, hope Where there is darkness. Lynette Kittle is married with four daughters. Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Like Romans 13:14 encourages, “clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ.” As you do, you’ll reflect His image to those around you. Scripture explains how seeking after God has a transforming result, changing those who do into the image of Christ ( 2 Corinthians 3:18). What’s more, 2 Corinthians 4:6 explains how the light of the knowledge of God’s glory is displayed in the face of Christ.Īs God is reflected in the face of Jesus, so you can reflect Him, too. “No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made Him known.” From now on, you do know Him and have seen Him ( John 14:7).Īs well, Colossians 1:15 describes how “the Son is the image of the invisible God.” ”If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. The Apostle Philip also asked Jesus to see the Father. Still God had a plan to reveal Himself to mankind in a close-up and personal manner, a way to really see Him and live to tell about it. When Moses inquired God responded with, “you cannot see My face, for no one may see My face and live” ( Exodus 33:20).Īlthough God’s reply may sound harsh, He knows His glory is too great for any human to bear face-to-face. Have you ever wondered what God looks like? If so, have you been bold enough to ask God to show you His face? Often a parent’s image is so undeniably evident in a child it’s not unusual for him or her to be referred to as a “Mini-Me” or a “striking resemblance” of the parent. It’s a common occurrence for someone in the community to say, “You look familiar. Growing up in a small town in Ohio, this kind of recognition happens all the time. In the verse for today, God says we will be blessed when we look to Him. The Holy Spirit dwells inside of us because God wants us to be led by the Spirit in a personal way and to hear His voice for ourselves as He leads and guides us. Have you ever seen a little girl or boy who looks so much like their parents that it’s easy to see whose family they belong to and absolutely no doubt from whom they came? The devil wants us to think we are not capable of hearing from God, but God's Word says that is not true. BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY: “The one who looks at Me is seeing the One who sent Me.” - John 12:45Īs God created man and woman in His own image ( Genesis 1:27), so children also reflect their parents’ image.
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