Invisible by Tim Goff

WORD: “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.” 1 Timothy 1:17, NIV.

THOUGHT: “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1, NIV. Yes Lord I am reading this but… but that is sooooo NOT like me. I want to see, hear and then believe! I want to see your glory and see your face and see the way you smile with grace. I want to hear your voice, catch the tone and inflection of what you are saying and draw from THIS my trust. But you have chosen to make yourself “invisible.”

Jesus, you spoke about the importance of having eyes to see and ears to hear. Well do you want me to see you and hear your voice? I am waiting…. Lord you want me to follow you but how can I follow if I can not see and hear you? My senses are all I have to know what is going on around me. So what shall it be Lord? What good are eyes and ears if I can not see and hear you? Yet — You — healed the blind and gave them sight. Now I am really confused. Lord, I am beginning to understand that You must have a very different plan than what I would expect.

Open the eyes of my heart Lord and open the ears of my soul so that I may experience You Lord, for nothing I have, neither my eyes, ears, touch, smell, nor taste can do it for me. I can’t get in touch or hear You with my abilities. Therefore if I am to have fellowship with the Invisible — then it must be true that You meet your people by some other way. Is that what revelation is?

Okay I am starting to get it Lord. I need - to forget my expectations and abilities — and open my heart to inspiration from You. So Lord, since I can not seek You through my senses does this mean that I can not seek You at all; much less find You? After all how could I find You without my senses, for that is all I have. If so, then how does this all happen?

Is it possible that my worship of You is not so much about me seeking You but is rather my response to what You are already putting in my heart? Wow this is getting interesting

Lord (and heavy). If this is true, then my worship, prayers, songs and devotions are a free response to a heart-calling. You must have put there in the first place — Which means that since I cannot seek an invisible God then You are the One seeking me — and — and this means that all my spiritual strength and all my understanding of eternal things comes from You in the first place!! Whoa.

Yes Lord, then open the eyes of my heart and open the ears of my soul, that I can sense Your presence and know You instead of all the images, sounds, smells, tastes and feelings I have so that I might know You. O that my response could be a reflection without fingerprints or smudges, of what You are allowing me to see in my heart about You. Thank You Lord for putting this love in my heart (and being invisible).

ENCOUNTER: What do you sense? [beyond your senses]