Have You Ever Seen God?

It is a common human experience for many people in this world to claim some knowledge of God while never having seen Him. Why is that? Is it possible to know God even though we have never seen Him? While the scriptures record that God has visibly shown himself to a select few of his servants, why is it that an all-powerful God, who rules the entire universe, chooses not to reveal Himself in that way to all of his creation? How does He expect us to know who He is if we do not see Him?

For some reason, God, who created us and placed us here, chooses to reveal Himself to us through the attributes of His character, not his physical attributes. Are beautiful people more compassionate? Does the size of someone’s head tell us how intelligent they are? Can we predict how successful a child will be by their physical appearance? We all know from human experience that physical appearance does not really tell us who a person is. In fact, looks can be very deceiving. This same idea applies in attempting to know God.