Since the beginning, before time existed, God was: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Eventually, God creates out of nothing, everything we see today. From time and space, galaxies and planets, plants and animals, to human beings in His image and likeness. Now, for reasons only God knows, He has chosen to reveal Himself to certain individuals. Starting with Adam and Eve, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, the prophets, and many others. Even after he dies and rises to new life, thus conquering sin and death, He still only chooses to reveal himself to certain individuals directly.

These individuals then become avenues by which God reveals Himself to His creation. Why does God not just reveal Himself to each and every one of us directly? Well, I would venture to say, He does. The problem is not so much with God’s self-revelation as it is with our self-enclosurement. As an individual, I get in the way of allowing God’s self-revelation to penetrate my mind, body, and soul. Even when God is witnessing Himself to me, I don’t see Him. Again, not because He is not there, but because I do not have the faith it takes to trust that He is in my presence.

I believe this to be a natural issue within every human person. Therefore, it is no wonder why God only reveals Himself to certain individuals directly. God already knows that many of us will never be able to come to know Him on our own, but we might just come to know Him through another witnessing to who He is. Knowing this, we should not be disappointed that God did not reveal Himself to us directly, but rejoice that He uses every means necessary, even the most fragile and broken of people, to help come to know, see, and experience Him. The important thing to never forget, is that whether directly or indirectly, God has chosen you.

How might my self-enclosurement be keeping God from revealing Himself to me?

God, make us more open than self-enclosed, that we might come to experience you, however your will desires. Either directly or indirectly. Amen.