Invisible God--How We Treat Him

God is invisible to our naked eye. That is unless he chooses to reveal himself. He can do anything he deems right. The Holy Scriptures record that he has been viewed, at least in some form, by a very few in very special situations.

I think God being invisible is a good thing. If we could physically see God, we in our sin nature would behave while God is visible and sin with impunity when he is not visible. Can you imagine the manner in which Satan would use this to dupe us into more egregious sin?

The Trinity is a concept which is the key to our understanding of the Godhead. As I understand it, God is one person with three distinct essences—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. So when we mention any one of the essences we are also talking about the whole. All of this explanation is to hopefully help make my main point.

We talk about Jesus as being a friend. He should be our best friend, our go-to friend, our friend with whom we gladly spend our days. He is our invisible friend who is with us wherever we go and whatever we do. Because he is invisible and omnipresent, he can do that, and we can take comfort in the fact that he is always with us. He is our trusted and true confidant. Through the Bible and the power of the Holy Spirit, God counsels us on how to live our lives and handle our relationships with others.

Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Matthew 22:37-39 NIV

In our daily lives do we treat Jesus as a confidant and counselor? He is our physically invisible friend. But is Jesus also our emotional friend—our constant go-to friend? Honestly, do we even treat Jesus as a distant friend? Is he treated as being nonexistent—as not being with us? Are we as rude to Jesus as we can be to our earthly friends whom we ignore at will because they are not interesting enough for fun enough at a given time?

So I must ask myself the following: How do I treat Jesus? Am I making him invisible in my life? Am I ignoring him during large portions of my day while he is right there beside me? Am I ignoring him when something more fun or interesting presents itself? That is sin. The Bible clearly says we are to be in constant contact with him.

“ pray continually;” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 NIV

Lord, forgive me for treating you as my earthly friends have sometimes treated me. Give me a strong desire through the power of the Holy Spirit to be in constant loving contact with you.