Seeing is NOT Believing… Believing IS Seeing!
Luke 10:23 (Jesus said to His beloved disciples) “Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see, for I say to you, that many prophets and kings wished to see the things which you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.”
We say, “I’ll BELIEVE it when I SEE it!”, thinking that our eyes are the unbiased, truth telling, witness of all that is FACT and should not be disputed!
Until of course the hypocrisy of the heart kicks in and says, “Well maybe it’s only MY eyes that can tell the truth!” Or maybe… “My eyes have DECEIVED me!”
But the truth is… we don’t believe because it’s not what we WANT to see. We only want to SEE what we want to BELIEVE! Our eyes and every other bodily part, is ruled over by the one and only authority of my life. We use our eyes – and our ears – and any other bodily part available, to PROVE… above all else… that I… the DECIDER of all things… I AM RIGHT!
The eyes don’t control our belief (faith), nor does what we hear, or any other bodily function (like all those emoticons).
The core of everything I believe, the throne of settled truth is the throne room of I AM… the place where all of my lifeblood flows to and from… my heart! Information comes in by way of the life we live and the environment created around us. We “partake” so to speak. Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing – or seeing – or tasting…
Faith, and every other demand for choice, knocks on our door… thoughts of meaning and purpose and possibilities are raised in our minds… and brought before the king, sitting on the throne.
The one wearing the crown of MY WAY, then JUDGES and dispenses sentences. Will the information received, be useful to the kingdom and therefor be given the certificate of truth or will it be taken captive and tortured (re-educated) until it succumbs to the DECLARED TRUTH of it’s king.
From Genesis to Revelations, God tells us and shows us His heart… Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. (Exodus 6:7)
From our first breath to our last… we CHOOSE the heart we wish to share!
Either a veil lies over our heart (2 Corinthians 3:15), and we deny access to anything God.
Or we, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. (2 Corinthians 3:18)
Faith comes calling and our heart is hidden under the veil of unbelief. Or it proudly gives the crown of belief to Jesus, whom God gave that we should not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16).
The difference between unbelievers and believers is not in the “EYE of the beholder”… SEEING is not believing! The difference is in the heart… VEILED and unable to see God or UNVEILED, beholding the glory of God and because we have given Him the LORDSHIP of our lives.
BELIEVING is seeing… and being transformed!
1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.
We aren’t sinless, but sin (lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, pride of life) no longer stands in the way of life changing sight. We KNOW the Truth (Jesus said He is the Way, the Truth and the Life) and He has set us free. The Lord our God, brought us out from under the burdens of the Egyptians (those things we are enslaved by).
Romans 10:9 If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, You will be saved;
The difference between a saint and a sinner is BELIEF.
I BELIEVE therefor I SEE!
Not because I am wise and intelligent or I’ve seen the transformation, but because I and all my fellow Jesus Freaks are BEING transformed by the power of BELIEF!
Call me crazy (and many have), but Jesus calls me His BABY…
Luke 10:21,23 At the very time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to the infants…
Don’t wait to SEE the proof… BE the proof! Confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, You will be saved!
Take it from this Jesus Freak…
When you BELIEVE, the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. SEEING is guaranteed! (Ephesians 1:18-19)
**All Scripture quoted comes from the “Bible Gateway” app and is the NASB version of the Bible