When we mature, God moves from being merely an object of our affection to becoming present in the world around us. Every human becomes an icon for the hidden face of Christ in our midst. The first stage of spiritual awakening is to see God as the focus of our adoration as we encounter Christ’s love and forgiveness. However, those initial feelings and zeal can wane. Rather than thinking we are taking a backwards step in our faith, we might recognize the invitation from God to allow God to move from being an object of worship to permeating the world around us, most profoundly seeing Christ in the face of our fellow humans. God becomes the lens through which we see the world - when Christ embodies himself in “the least of these” he is inviting us to seek out new revelation of himself in those who need our help.