No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another,
God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
– 1 John 4:12
Seeing God is something we hope for. But, God is a Spirit, a wisp of power, a vapor of love … truly existing, nonetheless, never seen until we are dead to everything but him. We have what looks like a quandary, a Catch-22. How can we be full when we are Spirit filled? After all, we can’t see the Spirit of God nor for that matter, the spirit of a person. Even the Bible is very specific, it says, “No one has ever seen God” (John 1:18, 1 John 4:12).
But,
things happen when this divine being, Spirit of God, comes into us, or fills us. What can something nonmaterial make things happen? Well, buildings shake, people become bold and
tell others about God, … people are empowered to do the humanly impossible. What an awesome sight we receive from someone
we can’t see! (See Acts 4:32 & 6:8)
When
Jesus gave a new commandment to his disciples, he told them they were to love
one another. Can we see love? Isn’t love another wisp of vapor that is in
our heart or soul, but not tangible? If God
is love, then, love is only divine and not natural? It seems so.
That is why Christ had to explain why he commanded (not suggested) his disciples to love fellow disciples. He gave them a simple reason why we are to follow
what he tells us to do – why we are Christ followers. Jesus said, this is why you have to do what I
tell you, when you do what I say, when you love, then, “All people will know
that you are my followers if you love each other." When people see something that isn’t a natural
or common sight, something unexpectedly seen, well, they desire such a power,
such love, to fill their emptiness.
Loving
you,
Owen <><
“And the
disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.” Acts 13:52
STUDY VERSES: John 4:24; Matt 5:8, Rom 8:13; 1 John 4:13, 3
John 11; Acts 2:4, 4:31, 6:8, 13:52; John 13:34-35. 1 John 4:10, 12, 16; Gal 5:22. 1
Cor 13:13 and Song of Solomon 2:4.
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