When it comes to God, we have a problem: He is invisible. We can’t see Him, touch Him, observe Him directly. And what we can’t see, we struggle to truly know, don’t we? We’re left with questions—Is there really a God? If so, what is He actually like? Can I trust Him? Does He care?

But in Colossians 1, Apostle Paul offers the solution to our problem in one stunning phrase about Jesus: “He is the image of the invisible God.” Not a partial sketch or rough outline, but the exact representation, perfect likeness. That’s what the Greek word for image, which is eikon, means. When God wanted to reveal Himself fully, He sent us Jesus.

In Jesus, the invisible becomes visible. God’s existence? Look at Jesus. God’s character? Watch Jesus with the disciples. God’s trustworthiness? Notice how Jesus always does what is right and true. God’s compassion? Observe Jesus weeping at Lazarus’s tomb. God’s holiness? Witness Jesus cleansing the temple. God’s love? Behold Jesus on the cross.

Jesus’s visibility changes everything. You don’t have to guess about God’s character or decode abstract theology. Every question about God finds its answer in Jesus. He doesn’t just point to God. He is God made visible, God made knowable, God made near.

Beloved, the invisible has a face, and it’s the face of Christ. Fix your eyes there.

Change begins in you!