The Telescope of God's Word

A question posed by a friend has caused me to sit and ponder. The question…”Can God’s character by revealed through any other method better than through His word?”

For the one who has accepted Christ as their Savior the Word of God is the best source for revelation of God’s character. I mean really, it IS the Word of I AM. The Bible is His declaration of who He is. But for the unbeliever, we believers are most often the best reflection of God’s character.

God’s word is like a telescope that brings the magnitude of God’s character into focus for those of us who are willing to bend (our wills) over and look through the lens. After we have looked we are changed, our eyes are opened to the greatness of Someone bigger than ourselves. We should naturally want to share these discoveries with those around us. Those stiff-necked people who are unwilling to look up (look at creation) or bend over to look through the telescope (the Bible) may only hear or see God revealed through us who have been given and accepted the gift of the telescope.

So there may not be a better way for God’s character to be revealed than through His word, but…there is certainly creation that shouts of His glory and proclaims His character to those who are willing to look. And we too are His creation – God’s character is revealed through us to the world around us when we respond in the new nature that has been given to us on the day we accepted Christ. “We may be the only Jesus(God) that they see”.