How does He want to be seen?

I couldn’t sleep at all last night, tossing and turning wide awake every hour. I normally take that as God really wanting to talk to me without distractions. So, while spending some time with the Lord, I began contemplating who Christ really is in my life. The disciples were in the boat and the storm raged around them. Christ is woken up by His panicked disciples where effortlessly He dispersed the storm. Then His disciples asked the question “Who then is this?” Did they have such a mind’s eye image of the Messiah that they could not picture Him calming the storm? Is the image that we have or more appropriately, the image that I have, an image that hinders me from seeing the fullness of God? Do I only see him as the shepherd with a crook in one hand and lamb in the other? For example do I see Him as only giving me “as much as I can handle”? If so, that simply shows my misunderstanding of the nature of God and who He really is. God will give me what He can handle; it is my responsibility to rely upon Him. It is His strength that allows me to complete the task (Phil 4:13), it is His Spirit that empowers me (Zec 4:6). It is my blindness that hinders me from seeing Him as He wants to be seen, my shortcomings that hinders me from relying upon Him for the fullness of life He offers, my sin that desire to bring Him down to my level and make a god in my image. Oh God! forgive me for distorting you into something you’re not to justify my own shortcomings. Help me see you as you want to be seen, and help me to fully rely upon you keeping my eyes fixed solely upon you.