Our circumstances are very real to us. They are what we live and breathe. They are what we see, hear, and feel every day.
Good and bad experiences flood into our lives continually with the power to shape our thoughts and emotions.
However, if we are going to live a life of faith,
we have to live beyond circumstances.
Faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1
Faith has so much to do with the unseen. As the above verse says, it is the evidence of things NOT SEEN and the substance of what we HOPE FOR.
As I’ve said before, sometimes it takes work to see God. In order to see God, we must seek Him. We must look for Him, and He says we WILL find Him.
And you will seek Me and find Me,
when you search for Me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:13
Faith is not - looking at good circumstances and seeing the hand of God or looking at bad circumstances and seeing His absence.
- Faith is looking BEYOND circumstances
to see God and His character. - Faith is looking BEYOND circumstances
and trusting that God is at work. - Faith is looking BEYOND circumstances
and believing that God can CHANGE
our circumstances if He desires.
If we want to live lives of faith, we must continually challenge ourselves to keep our focus off the tangible realities of life and seek our God who is currently unseen by human eyes.
Oh Lisa, this is so true. I remember an illustration our pastor used once: he said that if we could see what God does, we would want to be exactly where we were in life. Thank you for this lovely reminder, friend!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment, Charlotte! :-) I like the illustration your pastor gave. I pray you are doing well!
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