Yesterday was Easter, and my Pastor preached the usual sermon message on the greatest event in the history of the world: the resurrection of Christ.  But what notably stood out in my mind was an object lesson he used.  He first said that he often gets the rhetoric from unbelievers that they can't "see" God.  How can a person believe in something they can't see?

Seemingly changing subjects, he asked us in the congregation, "How many of you would say that the electricity is working in this building?"  Of course, we all raised our hands.  We could all clearly see the lights were on, the over-head projector was working, and the music was in full-effect.  Easy: the electricity was flowing through building.  Then he asked those who didn't believe it was working, who thought this was an elaborate trick, with the lights, etc., that really the electricity was NOT - indeed - running through the building, to raise a hand.  Of course, none of us did.  So, then he asked us,

 "Now, how many of you can actually see electricity?"

Funny, I didn't see that coming.  Maybe you did, but I didn't.  The point, of course, is that - similar to God - we can't actually "see" electricity, but we can see the evidence of it at work.  We can feel electricity if we stick our finger in a socket, but we can't see it.  Yet, we believe it's there by the fact that we see lights and we can hear the radio, etc.  Right now, you are reading this because electricity is running into the monitor and computer you're using.  Electricity is real. 

So is God.  We might not actually "see" Him, but we can see the evidence of His presence, of His handiwork, all around us, in all we observe.

Many blessings!  ~Christi