I Had Heard of You, But Now My Eye Has Seen You

 Job 42:5 (NKJV): “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You.”


These final words of Job contain the climax of his spiritual journey: he moves from second-hand knowledge to living revelation; from hearing about God to encountering God. Faith, once fed by information, now becomes sight through divine encounter.
The End of Second-Hand Religion
Job was upright, God-fearing, and blameless. He knew about God, spoke of God, worshiped God. Yet much of his knowledge had been through “hearing”—through tradition, teaching, and religious experience.
So it is with many believers: shaped in the faith, active in ministry, scripturally informed, yet lacking a personal, burning revelation of God that transforms the depths of the soul.
Hearing represents faith received, but not yet illuminated by direct encounter.
The Crisis that Opens the Eyes
God permitted Job’s suffering not to destroy him, but to reveal Himself more deeply. The trials were not punishment; they were a door to revelation.
It is often in the darkest nights and through agonizing questions—when every earthly certainty falls apart—that God reveals Himself.
Many see God not when life is clear, but when life collapses and only He remains.
In those moments, the spiritual eye opens, and what was once believed by tradition becomes living truth.
The Vision that Transforms
“But now my eye sees You.”
Not with physical sight, but with the inner eyes awakened by the Spirit—beholding His holiness, majesty, and mercy.
When a soul truly sees God:
pride crumbles
judgment disappears
questions dissolve in His light
the heart bows in worship
One no longer debates with God—one worships.
One no longer tries to explain God—one beholds Him.
The Maturity of Faith
Job’s journey teaches us that spiritual maturity comes when knowledge becomes encounter.
Before: “I heard.”
After: “I saw.”
Many remain their whole lives in the first realm, but the Holy Spirit calls us to the second: not merely knowing about God, but knowing Him—meeting Him—being transformed by His presence.
Prayer
Lord, bring us from hearing to seeing.
Open the eyes of our spirit to truly know You.
Use even trials to reveal Your glory, and draw us into deep communion where everything becomes clear in Your light.
Amen.

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