God is Spirit, He is infinite, eternal, all-powerful, all-knowing, holy and righteous.
Job 36:26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Even with all this about God, the Bible says we are made in His image.
Genesis 1:26-27 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
What does this mean to you that you are created in the image and likeness of the supreme and infinite God? The God that makes the heaven His throne and the earth His footstool. The God that spoke and all that is in the world was created.
Think about it. What does it mean to you as a person? You are God's image and likeness.
It means you are God's replica. You look like God. When we see you we can describe God. So the first point of knowing God is from you. Are you shocked?
Yes, you are the closest being to use to describe God. However, if you say something is a replica, an image of something it may have the same characteristics, nature or form as the original but it will not have the same potential or ability. For example, a picture of you is your image but the picture even shows how you look but does not have your ability. But with the picture, all your part or form is known.
So what can we know about God from looking at you:
1. You can See, then God can also see. So God sees us, he must have eyes by which He sees. We must know that he sees beyond what we can see. He sees beyond the natural, He sees the heart and motives, and He sees beyond the physical or geographical limit.
Genesis 16:13 And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
Hagar called Him the God that seeth me.
Many people however treat God as if He does not see. They relate with God as if He is blind. We need to wake up and relate with Him as a God that sees. When we do this we will be able to know Him better.
For example, when evil happens to us we will not complain, lament, or cry but simply go to Him with the understanding that He sees what happens and because He sees it He will know the cause and the solution.
2. You can hear, God can also hear. Our organ of hearing is the ear. God also have an organ of hearing it may look like ours or may not but certainly, He hears. He hears beyond what people say, He hears the fishes, the animals, the trees and all beings. If He hears it means we can talk to Him. Let us cultivate the habit of talking to Him as we talk to our friend, father, mother, wife or Husband because He hears us. You don't need to shout before He hears you, but if you shout it only tells Him how passionate you are about what you are communicating. He does not just hear what you say He also hears what you did not say. God can hear you please talk to Him about everything just as you can talk about everything to your father.
4. You can talk, God can also talk. He talks to us just as a father talks to His son, He talks to us as a Husband talks to His wife. God is not dumb, He should not be treated as such. When we look at God as one that talks it will help to know that we can have a relationship with Him. God speaks to us through His Spirit that resides in us.
Mathew 10:20
For it is not ye that speaks, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Isaiah 59:21
As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and forever.
There is more to know about God when you look at yourselves. One of the greatest truths we must know, believe and seek is that God can be known just as you know your father. Let us begin to see Him differently as we understand Him by looking at ourselves. God bless you.
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