LOVE REVEALED IN US

It is often said that Jesus puts a face on God.  Catherine Baird (1895-1984), captures this in her lovely hymn, O Love, Revealed In Christ -

O Love, revealed on earth in Christ,

In blindness once I sacrificed
Thy gifts for dross; I could not see

         But Jesus brings me sight of Thee.

O Love, invisible before,

I see Thee now, desire Thee more;

              When Jesus speaks Thy word is clear;

I search his face and find Thee near.

  

O Love, forever claim my eyes!

       Thy beauty be my chosen prize;

I cast my load on timeless grace

              That my free soul may run the race.

I come to Thee with quiet mind,

         Thyself to know, Thy will to find;

In Jesus’ steps my steps must be,

I follow him to follow Thee.

A child asks “What does God look like?”  The parent replies with stories of Jesus so the child grows to understand that God is love and looks like Jesus.  Through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, God brings clarity about his nature and his holy love for us. 

Speaking of Jesus, the Apostle Paul writes to the Colossians (1:15 & 19), He is the image of the invisible God . . . for God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,”  and in writing to the Ephesians (3:19) Paul explains why, that you may be filled to the measure of the fullness of God.  In other words, the child wondering what God looks like gets a good idea just by seeing the fullness of God in us. 

Thanks be to God!