How do you see GOD....

[Godsgrace]

How do you see GOD?

This is a very simple question and can be responded to in just a few words or many. Please say as few or as many as you need too. I don't think anyone will mind the reading.

How do you hear HIM? Can you put it into words?

I would like all who read this thread to respond in your own words because that is the beauty of HIM to you.

I would love for you to share your thoughts with us.

In a few days, I will also share with you on how I see and hear GOD, my Father.

I feel in our sharing with each other we will all be so blessed by HIM.

Love and Peace in HIS Name

Janice

 

[purple_people_eater_21]

Funnily enough, I just don't know. But I don't care that I don't know. He just speaks to me sometimes, never in words though. I also see Him, but strangely enough, mainly when I stop looking. I guess He's like that.

God Bless
Karl

 

[mamaneenie]

Hi, I have heard the voice of God twice now. (an audible voice) THe first time I was on a YWAM outreach, in Sydney Australia. (In Kings Cross, which is known for it's gay people and drug users) I was around 5 months pregnant at the time. I was beginning to be afraid and tired as I had been walking around for some time. I was praying silently, telling God how afraid I was of being in this rough area. "I heard him say, Be still, do not be afraid, I have you and your baby in my hands" It was pretty awesome. The second time was just after my son was born. I had PND and God woke me up in my sleep. We were homeless at the time and sleeping on the floor at MIL place. Anyway God woke me and said "the Lord ALmighty reigns for ever more" I woke my husband and he didn't believe me! It is a very personal thing for me to have heard God speak to me audibly in those times of great fear.

Generally speaking I hear God by a "gut feeling" also, God speaks to me through the scriptures.

 

[Apologist]

God speaks to us through His word, our thoughts, and through other people.
To say that He speaks to us in an audible voice would cause me to be very suspect of whether someone was really hearing that or not.
Is it possible? Sure, but it is not normative and I can think of no great Christian preacher after the Apostle Paul who literally heard His voice.

 

[CJF]

Lost of people in the Bible heard God in an audible voice. And isn't God the same yesterday, todaay and tomorrow?

I haven't heard God in an audible voice, but I have heard Him in my Spirit.
I was sitting with my mom and my borther. A Missionary had come to our church to preach. He was praying and asked if anyone in the room was called to some kind of ministry. I began to think, and really couldn't think of anything. I suddenly thought of Cuba. (I know, you can say that I could have just thought of it, but it was more like the thought was put into my mind.) I thought about the Comunisim, and right there and then God called me to be a Missionary to Cuba. I didn't tell anyone, cause I wasn't certain that God had called me. That Sunday, I went to the altar and asked God if I was really suposed to go to Cuba. I heard God say in my Spirit, "You WILL go to Cuba to win souls for Jesus."

I have only heard God in my Spirit, and that's fine. If God wants to talk to me in an audible voice, that's fine too. I just want what He wants.

 

[Godsgrace]

Thank you, so far, for your replies.

I think maybe I should say; "How do you see GOD in this way?" He is unseen but I know you can see him because I do. Think about it. If GOD can not be seen with the naked eye; isn't there another way that you can express that you see HIM like seeing HIM with your heart and soul? This way, for myself, is the beauty of seeing GOD and who HE is to me. Let's try this way and share.

Love is GOD - GOD is Love

Janice

 

[sparrow1029]

Hmm, when I read the first post, it made me think about how I view God--as in, how do I personify Him. I would have to say it changes as I mature in my faith. When I first became a Christian, He was a distant disciplinarian just waiting for me to mess up. Later, He became more like a father, guarding me and guiding me. Now, Hes showing me that He is the lover of my soul, who jealously covets my attention and affection. In all of this, it wasn't God who changed, it was me. The more I grow in my understanding of Him, the more my relationship with Him develops and deepens. And, I think the way I hear Him changes as I grow too. Or, maybe the frequency and sensitivity have changed. I hear Him more now, and He doesn't have to yell as loud to get my attention!

 

[IKTCA]

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[sparrow1029]

Thank you for the compliment, Iktca--it was very kind of you to say what you did

To clarify what I meant by God being jealous about my attention, etc (I should not have said covet--He cannot do such a thing), I think that there is more a sense that I sorrow Him when I sin or even just go for long periods without recognizing His presence. When I first became a Christian, with the view of God as disciplinarian, I would have only thought He was angry and disgusted with me when I sinned. Now, there is more a sense that He grieves. On my part, it has moved (a little) beyond avoiding temptation because I don't want "the wrath of God to descend upon me," to more that I want to please Him because I love Him. Ah, perhaps that sounds strange, but I know that He takes a personal interest in me and my life, and that He wants me to make Him a part of it. I guess I just feel that He wants to be my primary focus. Not that family and friends and work/school, etc aren't important, but that He should be of primary importance in my life.

When I think of this view of God, I think about the way He sometimes expressed Himself to the nation of Israel--He really felt a deep pain when they would reject Him. It was personal. And, I am starting to see more of that side of Him in my walk as a Christian.

 

[IKTCA]

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[sparrow1029]

I apologize also, GodsGrace! I didn't think my post would result in a sidetrack!

Hmmm, so, the verses you quoted, do you mean interpret them as this is what God did as a result of His personal pain at the actions of those who had sinned?

We might be approaching what I wrote from different perspectives. I sense a direction you could be taking my comments in, and just to clarify a point, though I believe God feels sorrow and pain when I commit a sin, I by no means think this nullifies Him taking action against that sin. His nature is also just (a reason I was first drawn to Him). In my comments about the jealousy of God, I was thinking more in terms of how He expresses Himself in the book of Hosea, where He symbolizes His relationship to His people through Hosea's relationship to Gomer. There is this intense interplay of His just and His merciful nature--read Hosea 2:1-23. It seems like verses 1-13 are similar in intent to the ones you quoted, but another part of the story lies in verses 14-23.

That. . .was a really long explanation for a simple question. Sorry, I don't know if I even hit on anything you wanted me to. If its ok with GodsGrace, I would be interesting in hearing your thoughts.

 

[Godsgrace]

When I first heard of GOD, I was so very young. He scared me too. It was the teaching of man that put my fear of GOD in me. I couldn't look at HIM as loving anyone. He reminded me of a judge with a jury and anytime I did something wrong it was decided as sin and it went down in the book as a mark against me. Depending on how many I would accumulate would decide whether HE wanted me when I died or would hand me over to the devil. Very scrared, I was. HE also changed me over the years.

So, how do I see GOD?

I see HIM in everything my eyes can see; my ears can hear; my voice can say. I see HIM through my heart and soul.

GOD is life, all of it. Everything that lives and breathes. HE is the giver of life. From the smallest micro organism to the height of the stars.

God is love, all loving - loving everything in HIS creation. I see HIM even through those who do not believe because they are of HIS creation even though they do not look at their being as GOD.

He has taught me sight through my soul to see HIM in all things and all situations just because HE loves me. No other reason.

GOD is so present in my everyday life now because of the time we have spent together through prayer. HE teaches me how to look at the world differently in HIS teachings that no matter how bad or wrong the world seems to me in what is going on in it - it will come to pass and that because HE has provided me with my life that I have the ability to look at the pains of any part of my life in another way. For intance, rain, many look at rain as "oh no, not again - give me a break. I don't like the rain not this much". But I see HIM in the rain because it is needed to clean the air inwhich we breathe. It is needed for growth; it is needed for life. It is "liquid sunshine". I see GOD everytime I hear a child cry or sing and learn. I see GOD in death because of eternal life.

God gives me a back door in everything I come across in life in HIS word and as long as I stay focussed on HIM I see with beauty and peace even at the worst of things because there is a purpose for me and you and everything here. There is a reason for every season in my life. I can't quite really see him, but I can tell you this; it is a vision of beauty with an elumanating light/warmth and a pleasingness about HIM.

Hearing HIM - It wasn't until I could really see that I could really hear HIS loving voice inside of me. He brought me to see and know who HE is.

I wrote some years ago, a poem. The actual poem is pretty long. This is the ending to it.

Life goes on and on and on.
It's like so many a song.
But people without You LORD,
Never see life this way,
With all the good;
And all the bad,
From day to day.

Yet through You alone, LORD
I have learned to see
That all of life
means so much to me.

And...If I were to be
without You LORD;
I couldn't see


GOD BLESS US ALL

Janice

 

[Kelly]

Here's how I see Him:

I am faced with a problem, question or struggle in my walk. I don't really know where to go, but I think on it a lot. That night, on the way home from work, on the Christian AM station, the minister just HAPPENS to be talking about the EXACT issue I am struggling with.

Later that evening, my wife will be watching Joyce Meyer, or I will be reading a post on CF and get the same message, or scripture again!

That week at Church, in Wednesday service or Sunday, our pastor brings up the same thing and again I hear some of the same scripture, and new scripture too, that relates to the issue.

This has happened again and again and again...every week. Almost every day.

I don't get giant sunbeams parting the clouds, or burning bushes, but his message is coming through his saints - and reaching my ears and mind.

 

[IKTCA]

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[Jacob4Jesus]

I see God in several ways... Mostly from the feeling he has put inside me that he is watching over me. It's such a wonderful feeling that it sometimes makes me sad that not everyone can feel it.
Ever since I was a little kid, I have been very thoughtful and intelligent. I was starting to get involved with philosophy as early as five or six. I would talk about different thoughts that were in my head regarding existence. By that age, I was already asking myself what Descartes had to confirm when he said, "I think therefore I am." I wondered if all this really existed.
God has guided me and nudged me in the right direction. I always feel him at my side and feel his watchful eyes. When I have some sort of foresight, which happens very often, I feel that it is God talking to me. When I am hurt and driving in the car, thinking about a song and how lonely I am... if I turn on the radio and hear the same song I was thinking about, to me that is God letting me know that he is watching.
It's very undescribable. But a wonderful and comforting feeling, nonetheless.

 

[paul becke]

It's funny you should say that, Jacob, but my wife and I are always telling each other that we were just reading or writing a particular word, when at that same instant someone on the television said precisely the same word. I'm not talking about common words like "and", "but", "then", etc. And I say to the Duchess that it's God pulling our leg again. Letting us know...!


I was also funny to read what you said about infant philosophising; I didn't hear or read about Descartes or philosophy until many years later, but I do remember at the age of 5 wondering how I had arrived at a particular thought or train of thought. What thought or train of thought had preceded that, and what had preceded that, and so on.

 

[mamaneenie]

Here's how I see Him:

I am faced with a problem, question or struggle in my walk. I don't really know where to go, but I think on it a lot. That night, on the way home from work, on the Christian AM station, the minister just HAPPENS to be talking about the EXACT issue I am struggling with.

Later that evening, my wife will be watching Joyce Meyer, or I will be reading a post on CF and get the same message, or scripture again!

That week at Church, in Wednesday service or Sunday, our pastor brings up the same thing and again I hear some of the same scripture, and new scripture too, that relates to the issue.

This has happened again and again and again...every week. Almost every day.

I don't get giant sunbeams parting the clouds, or burning bushes, but his message is coming through his saints - and reaching my ears and mind.

That's really awesome. Sometimes that happens to me too. Also, sometimes when I am praying for someone, the phone rings and it will be them, asking for prayer.

 

[Claude J Robichaud]

Dear Sister

This question is sacred to me. It requires a lot of thought and reflection. * I see him through the brilliance of his virtues. When I find myself looking
at others reaching out a helping hand to the destitute of this world
because thier hearts are moved with sincere concern and compassion.
I see God. I see him through that manifested virtue of love and kindness.

*I see him through what he reveals of himself in his Word. I have been
searching the scriptures for almost 25 years and I still frequently find
things that are new.

*I sense the presence of his Holy Spirit in my life. This isn't a daily
occurence. He chooses the time to commune with me in this way. When
enraptured by his awesome presence during those moments, I know him.
In a way, I'm happy that he doesn't commune with me in this special way
daily because I treasure his sweet fellowship more when he does. It also
teaches me to be a little more patient because in heaven I'll have sweet
and uninterrupted fellowship with him forevermore.

*I see him through the beauty of his creation. Sometimes on a quiet
evening during a thunderstorm, sometimes on a sunny day while taking a
stroll through the woods.Sometimes while staring at the starry skies.

*I have seen him in Spirit inspired visions and dreams. Again these
experiences have been few, but I treasure those that I have had.

*I see him through the creative and artistic abilities in others and in myself.

*I percieve him with my mind, I'm acquinted with him in spirit, and even feel
him with my body.

How can anyone not see our wonderful Father who has filled all that is
with his signature. Surely the skeptics are blind! Cursed be the fallen
nature of man that blinds the eyes, shuts the ears, and shadows the
heart!
TO GOD BE THE GLORY!
TO GOD BE THE GLORY!
LET THE HEAVENS AND EARTH PRAISE HIM!
TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

In His Blessed Name
COPERNICUS

 

[bamagirl]

How do I see/hear God?


I hear Him through His word and if I am quiet enough and wait patiently, I can hear Him speak to me with His quiet voice...I see Him through nature, through other Christians, through my pastor, through my children...I think back on some of the miracles he has performed in my life and I see HIm there...He was there at my sons bedside and mine when he was born and was not breathing, but Jesus blowed breath back into his little body and put the blood back into his body when he needed a transfusion I see Him in every area of my life because He IS my life and my existance cause without Him, I would not be who I am right now...Thank you Lord