What does God look like?

Today was the start of our Who is God series. We did an opener that I thought would be a great activity and conversational starter to do at home with kids. 

Start by having your kids take turns drawing on a big art easel what they picture God looking like. Here are some of our results....

 

Then read what the Bible says about the appearance of God.....

1 Timothy 6:16 No one has ever seen God

John 4:24 God is spirit

Gen 1:27 We are created in God’s image

Numbers 14:14 God appeared as a pillar of cloud by day and pillar of fire at night 

Matthew 3:16-17 The trinity - Father God's voice, Jesus in human form being baptized, and the Holy Spirit as a dove

Exodus 3 - God spoke to Moses through a burning bush 

John 1:18  No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

In these 2 passages, we get an interesting picture of God....

Ezekiel 1:26-28 Above the expanse over their heads was what looked like a throne of sapphire, and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man. I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him. Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.
Revelation 1:14-16 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.

Try it at home and see what your kids picture God as and why. It can serve as a great opportunity to discuss who God really is and all that HE is to us!