SEEING GOD

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 11, 1900

“THINE eyes shall see the King in His beauty; they shall behold the land that is very far off.”

I like the positive manner in which the verbs “shall” and “will” are used in the Bible. I have rested my tired, throbbing heart upon them many times, and found them all-sufficient for my need.

In Rev. 15:3 we are told that the Lord God Almighty is the King of His saints. Then He is our King; and must there not be some preparation to see Him? Paul tells us that, in order to know something of the power and glory of this King, the eyes of our understanding must be enlightened. Surely we need a clear vision to behold God. We also read, “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.”

When the eyes and heart are prepared to see God, we behold Him in all the wonderful works of nature. To me, one of the grandest of these is a gloriously tinted sunset, and, a little later, the evening star, and the new moon just dropping out of sight. Is not our King, our God, a God of love, to satisfy our taste and senses with all the sweet and beautiful things we see in nature? But in a much deeper and truer sense He satisfies our spiritual needs.

Dear heart, do you sometimes have an earnest wish to see and know God? Come and tell it to Him, and He will create within you such a yearning, longing desire for Him, that you can not be satisfied until you are folded close to His warm heart of love.

I have passed through seasons of sorrow, and I know how blessed it is to feel that the strong, loving arms can hold and keep me. I am also glad that God is manifested to us in the hearts and lives of His children; and when we come in contact with them and their work, we can express our sympathy by the love light in our eyes, and by the cordial grasp of the hand. Even if there seems to be no other way in which we can help, this kindly act will perhaps give courage to a tired, perplexed heart.

Moses prays, in the ninetieth Psalm, “Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us.” Should not each Christian heart join in this prayer? “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!”

“When He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.”