The Visible God

“He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove.”
— Matthew 3:16
What would it be like to see God? Would we respond to him differently than those in the first century? Would we respond to him differently than we do today? Would we act any differently at all?
I wonder if we would be more willing to follow him if we could see him? I wonder if we would be more willing to believe in him if we could have the kind of representation that John the Baptist had? According to John 1:33 he knew that the Messiah would come to him to be baptized. I have to wonder if he lived the life that he did because he was waiting on the Messiah to come to him, or if he lived the life that he did because he was called by God, or if it was because he understood what God asks of all of us. In any case, he lived the life that he did in faith. Faith that he had heard God. Faith that the Messiah was coming in his lifetime. Faith that the Messiah (and God the Father ) wanted him to call others to repentance. Remember that he did not see the Messiah and the Spirit of God until after he had done as God asked him to do.
God is always with us. He is always here to help us do what he asks us to do. We simply need to pray that God would open our eyes to see him!