“I'LL BELIEVE it when I see it". So runs the common remark and some people use this, or something like it, as a reason why they don't believe in God.

It must be a depressing life for such people because presumably they don't believe in love. After all, no-one has ever seen that either.

In fact, a good deal of the things we value most about life aren't things we can actually see. Like the buzz you get when you hear an amazing song, the shiver that runs up your spine when you see a glorious sunset, or the spreading feeling of content when you wake up and remember you're on holiday.

Or - to change tack - think of oxygen. No-one can see it. But the thought of living without it? That's enough to take anyone's breath away.

"God is Spirit" it says in the New Testament. You can't see Him. But He's always there. In fact, He's the source of all being. He made everything. God is totally real - everything else gets its reality from God! (Viewed this way, a person saying they don't believe in God is like a fish saying it doesn't believe in water.)

So how can we actually experience Him, if we can't see Him?

This is where we have to sit up and listen to the Man who said "If you have seen Me, you have seen the Father." His name is Jesus - what was He talking about?

See also: I believe in Friendship Truth Jesus

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