Have you ever been told a story, a set of circumstances about something or someone that was quite spectacular that you were in disbelief about what you were told? Did you want proof before you would agree to believe? Or, did your trust someone enough that you took them for their word?
We believe things that are easy to see, touch and feel, or that we can prove in some way.
The Apostle Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 4: We are not to fix our eyes on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Most of us want to be closer to God and yearn for that closer relationship. Just as the saying of “what’s measured gets done,” an analogy can be made about what we “fix our eyes on is what we seek and desire!” Even if we can’t see, touch, or feel God’s presence each and ever day, we can have the faith that he is near us and guiding our path daily. Just as John tells us in 1 John 4:11-13–“Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. This is how we know that we live in him and he in us. He has given us of his Spirit.” Also in Hebrews 11:6–the writer tells us–“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
Be aware of what you “fix your eyes upon daily.”
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