This conveys a necessary truth in our living for the Lord. It reminds us where to look. Consider your vision. Train yourself to see what is not seen. How can you see something that is not visible? The Bible says you can. I can’t tell you how to swim, but I can show you. I don’t remember how I learned to talk, but I caught on. Why? There is more than meets the eye.
II Corinthians 4: 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
This is true even if a person is a non-believer. Even with the natural eye there is a lot to see. In our field of vision, there is so much to see that we don’t see it. Driving down the interstate you may look off at a barn. Think about what you don’t see. There is more than meets the eye. Just because your attention isn’t on it doesn’t mean it’s not there.
The things of God are infallibly proven in the Bible and in our daily experiences of life. Take a look at what you’re seeing or see what you’re looking at. You can be swept away at the sites you see. Roan Mountain and Whitetop are beautiful. A camera can’t capture what our eye sees. Often we get skewed vision. It wasn’t until I was in 5th grade that I was able to see the moon clearly. I had an eye exam that showed I was nearsighted. With glasses I saw details I had never seen before. I’m afraid this is what hurts us. Our vision gets dim and narrow. So many material, temporal things crowd our view that we focus on them and don’t see what’s invisible. The things we see first are temporary. Look closer at things we assume invisible for they are just as real. They are eternal.
The devil wants to present a certain image to us either through temptation or deceit. There is always more than meets the eye with Satan. He can tempt or intimidate us for only a season. Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. God is. He doesn’t have to prove himself. Eternal means something is here to stay. Because of our humanity we fail to detect things. Just because we can’t feel God doesn’t mean he’s not there. I don’t have to take my pulse every minute to know my heart beats. God doesn’t have to get in our face all the time. If you have that need, you have a problem.
The Bible says Jesus was, is and is to come. That means he’s God yesterday, today and forevermore. There is no variableness or shadow of turning with God. What is ready to unfold is there. God’s ways are past finding out, but he’s always in our field of vision. He is in every view you see in every day of your life. No matter how low in the valley you may be or how bad things may seem, God is there. He doesn’t occupy a small space. He is the God of every picture, every view, everything we see.
We all have down times. People can go only so far with us. God goes all the way. Our last view of this world will be God as the Lord comes for us. In order for us to see more clearly, we need a better view of ourselves. We don’t have a soul; we are a soul. There are three parts to us—body, soul, and spirit. We must first look within and see our spiritual nature. We must focus on Jesus within us. The best way to help us see God on the outside is to rediscover him on the inside. When we see him clearly in our heart, we’ll see him every day in every facet of our life.
If we’re saved, God is in us. We can see the fullness of God in the mirror and no matter what a day brings we can face it. We can see God.
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