A God Who Cannot Be Hidden
Though hidden from sight, God’s presence shines into our lives through Jesus, filling us with His reality.
Devotional Credit: His Victorious Indwelling (compiled by Nick Harrison)
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This morning’s devotional from Nick Harrison opens with Romans 1:18-20, reminding us that the reality of God is written across creation itself. The world around us bears testimony to His eternal power and divine nature, leaving humanity without excuse. Yet, as Blaise Pascal so beautifully expressed, the God of Christians is not a distant mathematician or a cosmic watchmaker. He is not merely a God of order and elements. He is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God who fills hearts with love, joy, and consolation.
The reflection explains that seeking God apart from Jesus leaves man stranded. Nature alone cannot satisfy the soul’s hunger for God. Attempts to find Him without a Mediator eventually collapse into atheism or cold deism. But in Jesus Christ, the invisible God has been revealed and the world continues to exist through Him. All of creation bursts with evidence of both the fall of man and the redemption offered in the Son.
We are reminded that what can be seen is not an absence of God but the presence of a God who veils Himself. His hiddenness is not to keep us away but to draw us deeper into relationship with Him through Jesus. The call is not to search endlessly for abstract proofs but to embrace the love of the God who unites Himself with the depths of our souls.
I am thankful for this devotional from Nick Harrison’s His Victorious Indwelling, which captures the heart of Pascal’s words. It lifts my eyes from a view of God as a mere concept to the God who fills my soul with mercy, humility, and joy. He is not hidden to those who are in Christ. He is the God who makes Himself known in love.
Journal Entry – Voice of the Holy Spirit Through Scripture
My child, I have not left you without witness. From the rising of the sun to the stars above, creation itself declares My power and glory. Yet I have given you more than creation. In Jesus I have revealed My heart. He is the image of the invisible God, and in Him you see My love, My mercy, and My truth.
Do not seek Me in the cold corridors of human reason alone. Look to the cross and see how far I have gone to make Myself known to you. In Him you are not left in uncertainty, for I have drawn near. You are joined to Me, filled with My Spirit, and sealed with My promise. The world may deny Me, but you live in the certainty of My presence.
The hiddenness you sometimes sense is not absence but invitation. I call you deeper, to trust that even when you cannot trace My hand, you may rest in My heart. I am not far from you, for in Jesus you live and move and have your being. You are My beloved, and I dwell with you forever.
Scripture References: Romans 1:18-20, Colossians 1:15-20, Acts 17:24-28, Hebrews 1:1-3, John 1:14, John 14:9, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Romans 8:16, Ephesians 1:13-14, Galatians 2:20.
Real-Life Analogy
Consider the glow of a nightlight behind a lampshade. The bulb itself is hidden, but its light spills out softly into the room. You may not see the source directly, but its presence is undeniable in the way it pushes back the darkness. In the same way, though God may at times seem hidden, His presence fills our lives through Jesus, quietly illuminating our hearts with His reality.
Today, when I sense uncertainty, I can rest and whisper, “Lord, I trust You to live through me in this moment, even when I cannot see clearly.” In that trust, the hidden light becomes the assurance of His nearness.
Prayer of Confidence
Lord, I thank You that I do not search for You in vain. In Jesus You have made Yourself known, and by Your Spirit You dwell within me. I rejoice that creation testifies to Your greatness, but even more that I know You as the God of love who fills my heart. I rest in the truth that You are never absent, and I walk today confident that You are with me and in me.