1 Samuel 3:21

"The Lord appeared again in Shiloh: for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel." 1 Samuel 3:21 .

This is a species of incarnation. The Lord is said to appear through the medium of good men. When they appear, he appears, so that each may say, He that hath seen me hath seen the Lord; he that hath seen me hath seen the Father. The principle of incarnation runs from end to end of the Bible. Wherever God finds a humble heart he dwells within it, and through that heart he manifests himself to all beholders. Revelation is incarnation. He who knows most of the truth shows forth most of the glory of God. He who prays most ardently brings God most nearly to the consciousness of men. God appears in any country when he reveals himself in the hearts and minds of his servants: they themselves may have some control over this: "Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full." "If ye, then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?" "Ye have not, because ye ask not." O that we had hearkened unto God's commandments, for then our peace had flowed like a river, and God's revelation within us would have been patent and fascinating to all men.