A Sight for Hungry Eyes

A Sight for Hungry Eyes

….I shall see God.

Job 19:16

When we have long been apart from the one we love dearest and best, we often seek out the place in our home where there is a portrait of that beloved one. We linger before it. We look at it with longing heart, waiting for the day when we shall see that one again face to face. Finally, the day arrives. The door bursts open and we find ourselves wrapped in their warm and loving embrace. The sight of them overwhelms us, and tears of joy course down our checks. We follow them from room to room, and gaze upon them as if we will never let them out of our sight again. We drink in the sight of them like parched souls, and devour the visions of them like one who has starved for weeks. So it is for the saint of God who longs to see Christ. Our text today dwells upon the word, ‘see.’ ‘I shall see God.’ Job had no certainty that he would see health, or prosperity, or the return of status ever again. He would never again, within this scene of time, behold his dead children. With what could he satisfy the hunger within him? With what could he slake the thirst of his parched soul? It was with this: ‘I shall see God.’ Here is the hope for all of us whose eyes burn for a sight of Christ. Here is the expectation for us who have seen so many horrific things; who long for what is good, and what is right.’ ‘I shall see God.’ A full sight of Christ shall satisfy our hungry eyes. We shall see Him face to Face.

Our soul-satisfying Savior, we praise You that we shall see You.
You are the fulfillment of all of our expectations,
both for time and for eternity.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning