July 14 – Love Who is Not Seen

“Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,  obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”  1 Peter 1:8-9 (ESV)

The Apostle Peter wrote the letters that make up the books of 1 Peter and 2 Peter to believers in many cities.  They were circular letters and Peter wanted all to have a chance to read them.  The gathering of believers in Jesus was still new and they were in need of teaching.  Most all who received the letters had never seen Jesus as Peter and others had.  They were like us today and like them we can take the truth and promises of these verses as given to us.  We agree that we do love Jesus even though we have not seen Him with our own eyes. We have experienced a glorious joy as we have put our faith in Him as our Savior.  As we realize that our souls are saved for eternity, the joy that fills our hearts is really greater than we can express in words.  Let's be sure to always remember to thank our Lord for this and to rejoice in Him today and everyday.

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December 27 – See What is Unseen and Live

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”  2 Corinthians 4:18  (NIV)

We have a question to think about today.  What is it that makes things real in our lives?  Our verse selected for today deals with that question.  We have all probably hear the sayings, “Seeing is believing,” or “I'll believe it when I see it.”   Some people believe that only what they can actually see is truly real but the Bible teaches us differently.  The Bible teaches us that there is reality which can't be seen with our physical eyes.  Our eyes do guide us through our world each day and those who have lost their sight are still guided by their other heightened senses – they learn to 'see' in a different way.  We believe that the things we see are real but we also believe that there are spiritual realities which we do not see with our senses.  What is seen physically with our eyes is temporary and will not last.  What we believe in by faith may be unseen in the physical world, but it is eternal and will not pass away.  These are the permanent things that are unseen but are real and eternal.  Believing and following them makes our life real and eternal. 

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February 17 – Seeing the Unseen

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)

The Christian life is a life of faith. This makes a difference in the way we look at things and at events. The Bible verse we have chosen for today reminds us of this. This might sound like a contradiction. Why should someone look at something invisible? Of course we realize that this verse speaks of two kinds of eyes. It means that with a spiritual eye we can see what our physical eyes cannot see.  And our spiritual eye is the vision of our faith. When we believe the promises of God we are looking at spiritual truth through the eyes of our faith. And we believe what God says even though we don't always see the evidence with the eyes in our head. Let's thank God for the eye of faith to see His promises as real and to see our eternal future as real too.