2 Corinthians 4:18 “so we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.”
Set or focus on something. Look at intently. That is the idea behind the words to fix our eyes. You take distractions out of the way and see with a singleness. Have you ever focused in on something you were seeing in the distance and everything around you went out of focus? You still know other things are all around you but your gaze is fixed on one item.
This is a great faith builder. There is clear instruction on how to obtain faith or strengthen your faith mentioned in Romans 10:17. Basically it states that faith comes by hearing the word. The word is the message of Christ or the good news. So by listening to God’s word faith enters into us.
Notice that faith doesn’t come by listening to just anything. There are a lot of things vying for your time. There are many voices speaking throughout the day and we end up listening to quite a large number of things that don’t benefit our faith at all. As a matter of fact they have the opposite effect of killing our faith and raising doubt to choke out our faith.
So if you are going to have a faith that can move mountains then you need the right source for that to have a fighting chance. Listen to the right thing! Listen to the source of faith. You can’t help finding promises and truths that we need to work in our lives if you read the bible. It is full of good things that honestly we all need. It gives us hope to see and read about all the tremendous things that are laid out in the word of God. But it also begins giving us something to focus on and pursue by faith.
Let’s be real. Most of our time is commonly spent on things that can be seen. So it makes sense to say with all honesty that the greatest influence in our lives are the everyday visible things that are happening in life. We have to determine to fix or focus on things that are unseen. There must be discipline in our lives to set our ears on the invisible Kingdom of God. But the benefits are outstanding. By giving our energy, time, effort, hearing, etc. to the Kingdom of God and His word we are preparing our lives for a windfall blessing that will happen when we least expect it.
So don’t become weary hoping in the unseen. Don’t lose heart because of what you are hearing and seeing daily in the visible world around us. Be bold and believe in what is not tangible and seen. Have faith for what God promises and give yourself to the hearing of those things. Focus your life toward what God has planned for you. His word will remain faithful and God will do and act according to His word.
