7/28/2019 Looking at the Unseen
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2 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;
butthe things which are not seen are eternal.
At first, this verse appears to be a contradiction. How can
you
look at something that's invisible? The answer is that you have
to
look with your eyes of faith, not your natural eyes. The things
you
are to look at are eternal, but they are invisible to your sense
of
sight.
Notice that Paul did not say that we look at things that do
not
exist. He said that we look at things that are unseen. They
exist.
You just can't see them with your natural eyes. This is crucial
to
understand. The things of the Spirit are real and they exist.
They
are just invisible. Your healing already exists. If your natural
eyescould see spiritual things, you would see that Jesus Christ
has
already provided your healing for you, and all you have to do
is
receive it. It is there now in the spirit realm.
Too many people think of their healing as something that does
not
exist. Therefore, they cry and beg and plead and holler and try
to
talk God into doing something about it. They think that God has
to
"create" their healing. This is not true. Your healing exists in
the
realm of the Spirit. Your faith is not creating something
new,
spiritually speaking. Your faith is receiving something that
already
exists in the spirit realm. When you receive it with your
spirit, it
manifests in the natural realm where you and everyone else can
seeit. In the world's perspective, you are healed when your
healing
manifests in your body. In God's perspective, your healing
already
exists and belongs to you as a believer. All you have to do
is
receive it with your spirit so that it can manifest in the
physical
realm. God is not doing anything new for you. You are just
receiving what he already did 2,000 years ago when "by
Jesus'
stripes you were healed."
Your faith takes hold of something unseen and it then
becomes
seen. This is what God's definition of faith in Hebrews 11:1
talks
about. Faith is the certainty of something unseen. It is being
certainthat you have something real that your regular senses cannot
yet
detect. Your basis for believing that you have it is the Word
of
God on the matter. God says you were healed. That means that
your healing exists now. You can receive it now and enjoy
the
benefits. But while you are in faith, you are certain of
something
that you can't see. You have it and are convinced that you have
it,
even though you can't see it.
That is the essence of faith. For example, you already believe
that
your salvation from hell exists, even though you cannot see it.
You
believe that you have citizenship in heaven, but you have no
proof
outside the Bible that this citizenship is yours now. It's
real
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