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Seeing God in ChristSHARE Today's Devotion by AW TOZERI have always felt that when we read and study the Word of God we should have great expectations. We should ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the Person, the glory and the eternal ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ. Perhaps our problem is in our approach. Perhaps we have simply read our Bibles as we might read a piece of literature or a textbook. In today's society, great numbers of people seem unable to deal with God's revelation in Christ. They run and hide, just as Adam and Eve did. Today, however, they do not hide behind trees but behind such things as philosophy and reason and even theology—believe it or not! This attitude is hard to understand. In Jesus' death for our sins, God is offering far more than escape from a much-deserved hell. God is promising us an amazing future, an eternal future. We do not see it and understand it as we should because so much is wrong with our world. The effects of sin are all around us. The eternal purposes of God lie out yonder. I often wonder if we are making it plain enough to our generation that there will be no other revelation from God except as He speaks it through our Lord Jesus Christ.VERSEIn the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, . . .— Hebrews 1:1–2aTHOUGHTGod speaks to us, reveals Himself to us by His Son. That Son is the radiance of His glory, the exact representation of Godness. The more we gaze on Christ as seen in Scripture and in worship, the more we learn of God, the final revelation.PRAYERO Christ, the more I consider Your Godness, the more amazed I am that You redeemed me and have come to live in me!