Why Does God Stay Out of Sight?

      Luke 12:42-46 ⁴²And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and the wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? ⁴³Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. ⁴⁴Truly I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. ⁴⁵But if that servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed in coming,' and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, ⁴⁶the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful." When Jesus said, 'will cut him in pieces' he is referring to scourging or lashing the servant, meaning the servant will be punish.
     In the verses above Jesus is referring to himself as the master. He went to heaven but on his arrival back to earth he expects his disciples to remain faithful. If they are faithful they will be awarded, if unfaithful they will be punish. His leaving them on their own puts them to the test; will they remain true to his teachings or will they abandon them?
     When you put an authority figure (someone who can punish you) in a room, you will be on your best behavior. You will not act according to your own desires as if you had freedom to do so. You will be trying to please the one with the authority so as not to be punish. Fear may be the only motivation for your actions and not your love for doing what is right or even respect for the authority figure. God wants to know who are his faithful children, when they think that he is away.
     2 Corinthians 5:7 for we walk by faith, not by sight. Hebrew 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
     So God wants us to come to him by putting faith in him. He wants us to willing come to him, not by sight but out of our love for him. God is righteous and he wants to know that his children will be righteous as well.                                                                                                                                                                                         (ESV)