Seeing God; The Role & Importance of Human Imagination

It is possible to love One whom we have never seen.

“ Millions…have been led to love the Saviour, who have never seen him. They have seen-- not with the physical eye, but with the eye of faith-- the inimitable beauty of his character, and have been brought to love him with an ardor of affection which they never had for any other one.” (Albert Barnes)

This is our call. This, our life's endeavor; learning to love; learning to appreciate; learning to experience life with a God we cannot see.

Paul stated the case quite simply in 2 Cor 5:7, "for we walk by faith, not by sight--"

As Christians, we are called to a different vision:

2 Cor 4:18, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

This type of vision denies the passing pleasures of sin in this life – it looks past them like a blind man – and presses on and endures the hard life of faith:

Heb 11:24-27
24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25 choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin;
26 considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.
27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing Him who is unseen.

How could Moses see a Messiah so clearly who was 1,400 years away from being born?

How is seeing something without our physical eyes even possible? With the eyes of the heart; with God-given, human IMAGINATION.