But,” Lord said to Moses, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.” Exodus 33:20
Many patriarchs like Moses, Paul say that – it’s impossible to see God face to face and live and yet they pursue to see God face to face their entire lifetime. It was not an emotional experience for few weeks, but they spend their entire lifetime actively seeking God face to face.
It’s impossible to see God face to face because of our human limitations. It’s impossible to withstand/face God and His Glory (Holiness) and our bodies are incapable of withstanding such Glory. God’s Glory or Holiness is equivalent to 10000 V of power, and our bodies are only capable of withstanding 240 V power. Our human bodies will vaporize in a matter of microseconds in such a presence of God.
The patriarchs knew that it’s impossible to see God face to face and live because of human restrictions, but still they pursued in their journey to see God face to face through faith. They used their faith to pursue God and push forward to overcome all the human restrictions to see God face to face. Their entire lifetime through faith, they pursued to see God face to face.
To see God face to face, they used their faith. For what purpose do we use our faith? Do we use faith to seek and pursue God, or do we use it to receive some blessings or healings from God?
To see God is to possess God. Seeing God is Possessing God. It can be physical seeing but more importantly it’s about possessing God (God possessing you) i.e. Possessing God’s fullness. Seeing God is like establishing divine union with God where your end goal is complete divine union with God.
Ask the Holy Spirit to give you the longing and hunger to see God face to face like Moses and other patriarchs. Start using your faith to see and pursue God.