What kind of "Sense" does that Make?

Little Bit can point out most of her body parts.  Eyes, ears, nose, tongue, toes, etc.  We will ask her who made her nose.  The conversation goes like this:
Daddy:  Who made your nose?
Little Bit:  Made nose
D:  Jesus made your nose.
LB:  Jesus made nose.
D:  Why did Jesus make your nose?
LB:  Why?
D:  Because He loves you.
LB:  Jesus loves you.  He does.

Now I know there is more than that, but I am not sure she understands that Jesus made her nose so that she can smell all the other things He made.  We will get there, just not yet.  We will get to her five senses:  sight, smell, taste, touch, and sound.  But she can use each of those senses without knowing how and why they work.

But I was thinking.  We use our five senses to define things around us.  We are able to enjoy the evening sunset with the wide array of colors due to our sense of sight.  We know Grandma is baking her famous apple pie because we can smell the deliciousness wafting out of the oven.  We are able to enjoy a home cooked meal using our sense of taste.  We are able to enjoy kind words from loved ones because we are able to hear the words being spoken.  And we can enjoy hugs from little arms because of our sense of touch.

These are all senses we enjoy on a daily basis, for the most part.  But as humans, we identify things in our life through the senses.  And we try to identify God by using these exact same senses.  We try to "humanize" God.  We limit God to what we know.  And we know what we can touch, see, smell, taste, and hear.

I don't know about you, but I have never actually seen the body of God.  He has not appeared to me.  He hasn't waved at me.  He has not sent me a picture of Himself.  I am not saying God cannot be seen.  He can.  Just not in the same manner that we see our friends, family, coworkers, and so on.  We see God through different things.  I see Him in His creation.  I see Him in my daughter.  I see Him in the miracles He has worked in my life.  But I have not seen His physical self.

I know I have never tasted God.  I actually don't even know what I taste like.  Not all that interested in trying to figure that out, either.  But I can't taste God.  But I can taste the things He has provided for me.  He has provided food on the table.  He has provided rain drops.  He has given me many things to taste.  But I have not tasted Him.

I have not heard God speak.  I do not know what His voice sounds like.  I imagine it being a baritone.  But I have no clue.  That does not mean He does not speak to me.  He speaks to me through His Word, the Bible.  He speaks to me through people I meet.  He speaks to me when I am praying.  Just not using a voice like ours.

And I know I have never smelled God.  Does He smell like roses?  How about apple pie?  I have no idea.  People can change their scents.  They can shower (which helps a lot), put on deodorant (which is good, too), spray on cologne, or even do none of the above.  When I miss my husband at night, I can take his pillow and his scent alleviates some of that.  But what about God?  I imagine through His perfection, He would smell like a garden in full bloom.  But, I don't know.

And of course feeling God.  I have never physically touched God.  Not once.  I have no idea what He feels like.  But I have felt my husbands arms around me, holding me tight.  The comfort, safety, and love I feel when I am in His arms is what I imagine it would feel like in the arms of God, only a gazillion times better.  When Little Bit wraps her arms around my neck and squeezes as tight as her little body possibly can, so much love radiates out that I can imagine that is how God would feel if I were to wrap my arms around His neck and squeeze as tight as I possibly could.  When I am lying in bed, I cover myself with a blanket that feels warm and secure.  I bet God feels warm and secure.  But I have never felt Him.  Only things He has provided for me.

So why do we hold God to our human senses when He is so much bigger than that?  Why do we say we can't feel His presence?  Why do we say we have never seen God?  We should not minimize God and identify God by human standards.  He is so much bigger than that.

I was talking to my husband yesterday afternoon.  And this was our topic of discussion.  I had just woken up from a nap.  I asked him if he could feel me while he was in the other room.  His answer was no.  I asked him if he could hear me while he was out.  He said no.  I asked him if could smell me from the living room.  Thank goodness his answer was no.  I asked him if he could taste me.  Again he said no.  And then I asked him if he could see me while in the other room.  Of course the answer was no.  Then I asked him if he could do none of the above, how did he know I was still there?  He said "Because I just knew that you were in here."

It is the same with God.  We cannot physically see, hear, taste, smell, or feel God.  It is a matter of knowing that He is here.  It is not a feeling.  It is a knowing.  It is by faith, not by sight.  We have to use our heads, not our senses.  And it is by remembering the many promises He has given us through His Word that He will be here.

We can know God is here even when we don't feel Him. This is possible By God's Amazing Grace.