2 Corinthians 5:7
For we walk by faith, not by sight.---New King James version.
How are we supposed to walk, if not by sight? If we cannot see where we are going, won't we bump into things, walk out in front of cars buses and trucks? If someone doesn't have sight, that is what "seeing eye dogs" and those long white canes are for, right? You know that feeling when you first get up and you walk around feeling for the light switch? Or maybe a storm has knocked the power out and it is SO dark, so you start feeling around looking for a candle or flashlight.
It seems stupid to "Walk by faith, and not by sight", why would anyone do that on purpose? Let's look at that good ole definition of Faith, you know the "The evidence of things NOT seen..." See there we go again, talking about Not seeing something. How can you Not see anything? You either see it or you don't. To See something is to see it, to NOT see it is, well a stupid statement because you didn't see it.
Did you know our physical eyes cannot see everything? Of course you did. Our bodies have wonderful senses, that God gave us, and they are a miracle in them selves. But we have limitations.
We cannot see the future. All we can see is the past. So by relying on what we can see, the past, it is easy to understand how we get depressed. If we have failed God, our families, ourselves, our friends, everyone around us, then this is what we see. But God, through Paul in the above passage tells us we don't walk by what we see, but by faith. Remember Faith is the absence of physical vision. Wow, now I am confused. Were talking about Seeing what we cannot see, and not seeing what we can. See:) That is where the faith part comes in. Faith is a much more powerful tool that God has given us then physical sight. "But, you say, why did God give us physical sight, if were not going supposed to use it"? Good question, thank you for responding. We need our physical sight to help us get around, drive, walk, you know do about anything. But, we can not, as I said before see with our physical eyes, the future.
Can we see the future with our faith? Well, not really, not actually "See", just "Know". Wow, this is turning out harder then I first thought. As a parent, especially a Mother, you sense when something is wrong with one of your kids, you know the "Mothers Intuition" (I think it is also a Wife's intuition, I speak from experience for both of these>) OK, when we are trusting God for something we have not seen with our physical eyes, how do we know it is going to happen? Well, how did Noah know that if he obeyed God and built this huge boat that he and his family and about a million animals, would be saved? Because God told him he would. No other reason, just faith. Faith is more then a feeling, it is a knowing. No, we don't know how it is going to happen, but we KNOW, it will, because God told us it would. God cannot lie, He cannot manipulate us, He can not speak anything but the truth. All those other things are the Devils department, and he is pretty good at them. Notice, I did not say God Would not do these things, I said He Could not. They are against His very nature, He is a God of Truth, honesty, justice........not lying, cheating, stealing, manipulating anyone.
Sometimes it seems, it is easier to have faith in the weatherman then God. The forecast for tomorrow is 80% chance of rain, better bring an umbrella. But God, Jehovah, the maker of the whole world tells us that He will take care of a certain situation we are facing, and we have trouble believing Him. We cannot see the rain clouds with our physical eyes,yet, but we believe because some guy on TV told us they are coming then they must be. But God tells us to have faith and trust in Him and because we cannot see with our physical eyes anything out there, we have trouble believing? What percentage is the weatherman right? He has to give us percentages of chance of rain, snow......to cover himself. God's record is perfect, He has never said something would happen and it did not, that is 100%. What weatherman would not like those odds?
So, "Walking by Faith.........."what does that mean? It means, that no matter what we see with our physical eyes, we believe our Spiritual eyes more. It means if there is a huge dark cloud coming at us in our lives, that we believe God will take care of us. We bring our problems, our worries, our frustrations, our needs to Him and then have faith. We pray, and then we open our eyes and everything Seems the same, but it is not. The answer to our prayers has already been put into motion. No, the answer will more then likely not come in the form we think it will, God is neat like that, He answers in HIS way not ours.
Sometime when you can try this: Close your eyes, or turn out all the lights if it is dark outside and walk around you house using your other senses. It's hard, isn't it? You even know pretty well where the furniture is and how far to the wall.....But it is still hard. You have to rely on your other senses to help you get around. The world does not recognize "Faith" or "Trust in God" as another sense, but I think that what we, as children of God should. We must use our Faith in Him, to KNOW He will answer us. Just because we cannot see with our physical eyes, doesn't mean the answer is not out there. Do you bring your umbrella to work, when the weatherman says there is a good chance of rain, even though you cannot see any rainclouds?
If God has promised you something and you have not received it yet, the you better get prepared. God NEVER promises and does not deliver. If He told you that you were going to relocate and that He has a ministry He is preparing for you, start packing, because it WILL happen. Do you see anything happening with your eyes? No, more then likely not, BUT if God told you it WILL happen.
Walk by faith, not by sight. Does this mean go around with our eyes closed all the time? Of course not, it means don't believe everything you see. If you see a loved one dying with a terrible disease, it means, pray for God's purpose, and healing. You don't see it, but does that mean it won't happen? Again, you cannot see any storm clouds, but the weatherman says they are coming. Can he see the future? No, but he can see a radar scope. God not just sees the future, but He KNOWS the future for each and everyone of us.
So "Walk by faith, not by sight" Easy to say, but, it seems, hard to do. Where is your faith? My faith is in God, ABBA, JEHOVAH, my Redeemer, my Father, my deliver, my LORD, MY HOPE> It is not in what I see with my limited physical eyes, it is with HIM, and through the work His Son did on Calvary.
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