Some years back I got introduced to this acronym used in the software industry:
What You See Is What You Get.

In software it is used to describe how you during development are able to see the result displayed very closely to what the output eventually will be. What you see on the screen should be very much like the result you get when you print it or publish it on the web. You draw the line and you can preview or get it visualized before it is finished. More precisely it helps you see how the receiver and end user will see it. The output in the software industry might be a web page, a printed document or a presentation. The technology is also used in the theatre industry for pre-visualization of shows.

Some people are good at mental visualization. I am not particulary strong at this, but occasionally I can get an idea, an image or a preview of something that I want to achieve. But very often the end result is quite far from the original idea. And I guess that’s OK. If you’re working on something new, something that hasn’t been seen before, there will be a continuous process before the end result is there.

When it comes to spiritual things there are all kinds of ideas in people’s minds. What does God look like? What is he like? What does he make of us?  And so on.

The Bible tells us that «The son is the image of the invisible God». And the apostle John who had a close relationship with Jesus, says:
“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.”