So much of religion and spirituality over the centuries has really only projected a God "in our own image". We place our hopes and dreams, fears and failings, guilts and joys into animal images, or gods like the Greek Gods who were just powerful, overbearing divine humans.

Yahweh, the God of Israel, who fully revealed Himself in Jesus of Nazareth asks that we do not make up ideas and notions about him, nor does He ask us to blindly reach out to Him in blind hope. The entire Christian faith is based on God revealing Himself, disclosing His nature and purposes to us so we do not have to make things up, pretend, or speak to the wind in blind hope.

He reveals Himself in nature. Soaring, majestic mountains. Mighty rivers and lakes. Thundering storms, cyclones, with lightening.
He reveals Himself in the cycle of life. The lion eats the deer. But when the lion dies, it rots into the ground and becomes fertiliser, that in turns helps the grass grow, that feeds the deer.
He reveals Himself in the cosmos. Planets continually moving, spinning. Stars being made and unmade. Black holes, satellite moons, rings of gas and rock.
He reveals Himself in the amazing human being. Our capacity to step back, observe, reflect and plan. Our emotions, laughter, music

But if we leave our revelation of God there, He remains distant, too much for us, inapproachable, and detached from human affairs.

So we come to the idea of revelation - God showing Himself to us. The bible shows God in the burning bush with Moses

• on Mt. Sinai in fire and smoke presenting His Law
• in the desert in columns of fire and smoke
• in the Ark of the Covenant

Then He begins to really disclose Himself to the prophets. Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel receive incredible images of God in Heaven in His power, authority and presence. Images of angels, smoke and fire, spinning wheels of confusion, white light and glowing presence.

But it is in Jesus that God is disclosed to us. In the prophecies relating to Him, His birth, His life, His teaching, His suffering, His death, His descent into Hell, His resurrection, His ascension and return to Heaven, and finally in His promised return.

If you are seeking God, or needing His influence in your life, it is to Jesus you must first go. He is the "way, the truth and the life. No-one comes to the father, except through Him".