Through The Eyes Of Faith

We are told in [II Corinthians 5:7] that we walk by faith and not by sight. In every single life situation we should look through the eyes of faith. That is not easy to do when you hear frightening words like cancer, divorce, you're fired, drought, bankruptcy, foreclosure, and death. There are multiple venues on any given day that we will be tempted to view with physical sight and not see those things through the eyes of faith. We have all lived long enough to know that we see things just the opposite as God wants us to. We look through the eyes of reason, logic, fear, doubts, and anxiety. We do not look through the eyes of faith as often. This is the reason we get scared, become anxious, and entertain doubts. 

The child of God is supposed to see things differently than the rest of the world. God is on our side. H has made wonderful promises to us.  We are supposed to see things from a different perspective. When we look through the eyes of faith we will see things from God's perspective. The difficult circumstances may dictate to us the situation warrants worry. God gives us His peace when we see things as He does. 

Let me give you a few examples. Even though it did not make sense Noah spent more than a century building an ark at God's instruction. He saw no evidence of God's impending doom with his human eyes. People ate, drank, got married, had kids, and saw those children get married. Everything continued right along as it had always been. Noah kept looking through the eyes of faith  working on that ark. Cutting down trees. Turning those trees into lumber. Forming the shell of the boat. Adding the floors and sides. He labored even though the skies remained clear and life flowed along like a gently rolling stream. One day God told Noah and his family to get on the ark. Soon the rains fell. Noah had already seen this day. He had seen God's impending judgment through the eyes of faith. 

The prophet Elijah predicted it would not rain. For over three years God withheld the rains. Drought conditions followed. After three and half years of drought one day God instructed Elijah to pray for rain. There were no clouds in the sky visible to the human eyes. There were no visible signs of a thunderstorm approaching.  Elijah looked through the eyes of faith and pressed through in prayer. He did not give up when his servant returned six times telling him he saw no clouds in the sky. Even on the seventh time the servant saw only the tiniest cloud but Elijah saw something different. Eventually the skies turned black and the rains came. Elijah had already seen that rain by faith. 

Jarius had a daughter who got very sick. He went to Jesus asking for help. Jesus got delayed and the little girl died. Everyone in the house mourned her death. Jesus informed all the people there that the little girl was not dead but sleeping. When all the people laughed Jeus put them out of the house. Even though the little girl died from His perspective she was napping because He would soon bring her back to life. 

As you go about your days, make the choice to see things through God's perspective. Choose to look through the eyes of faith and you will surely view things differently. Stress will not weigh on you. Peace will rule. Fears will be cast away as God gives courage to handle every situation. Lord, please help us all to look through the eyes of faith.