Deuteronomy 4:12
You heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.
We, too, hear God's Words without seeing His face which can often leave us scrambling to fill in the gap. We desire to see the lips move instead of merely feeling the breath move us. So we resort to idolatry. We fashion something in order to account for the wind. Moses addresses this tendency here by putting up a caution sign:
"Tread lightly and with attention to detail, it is slippery ground on which you are about to walk."
Hearing from God is life-giving. Inventing a face to account for the voice almost always leads to a distortion of the Speaker. This ought to instruct us - the best representation of God is His Word. Any attempt to round out the rest of the picture robs from His image or adds to it accouterments not fitting His Person.
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