December 24 • Believing to See

We’re not supposed to see our way through everything. Sometimes, we must walk despite how things appear. When life is confusing, when thoughts are heavy, when it feels like our souls are spinning, we can seek an easier road, a direction that isn’t going to give us such a hard time. But you know, in your heart, that the way forward is through the difficulties. We walk by faith, and not by sight. [2 Corinthians 5:7]

To make our way through the big decisions and dark days, we hold fast to the bigger picture. Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us [Ephesians 1:18-19] This is the bigger picture: your flesh, the structures of this world, and spiritual forces are working against you. But the power of God is working for you. The God who can do anything is on your side. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not overcome it. [John 1:5]

We make our way by faith, by seeing with our hearts and not just the things before our eyes. Our good God sees us and guides us. Our good God has more in store. Better than we can ask, bigger than we can imagine, brighter than our eyes can see. 

Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed. [John 20:29]