Seeing Is Not Believing
Now faith is the
substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews
11:6)
• I’ll believe it when
I see it. . .
• You can’t expect me
to believe that. . .
• I couldn’t believe my
eyes…
Seeing
“it” in the natural before we can believe it—is not faith. Who can’t have great
undeniable faith when what they’re believing for is right in their sight?
Has
anyone seen God?
No one has seen God with their physical eyes. (John 1:18) Having
the ability to see beyond what is naturally in front of us, as challenging as
it can be, is what Christianity is all about. Even Thomas, one of the twelve
who walked with Jesus, had a hard time believing that Jesus had been
resurrected without physically seeing Him. (John 20:24-29)
However, there is no way getting around it; Believers are required to
believe what they can’t physically see. Believers’ spiritual eyes are developed
from faith to faith. The more they remember God’s faithfulness in past circumstances,
the clearer they’re able to see when life demand they see beyond the obvious.
God instructs us to believe those things which are not as
though they were. (Romans 4:17) So, how do we maintain visual acuity when it’s hard
to see?
Spiritual sight can become blurry when the manifestation that
we are believing for is not done instantaneously. We have to learn and put into
practice what God tells us through His Word. If He tells us it is so—then it is
so. When we receive God’s written Word in our hearts; we’re more opened to receive
a rhema word in our spirit (the Word applied to personal situations.)
Genuine faith is having the
ability to believe what can’t be seen.
Old adage: Seeing is believing.
God:
Believe it—then see it!
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