Life is in constant tension--or at least it should be--of the seen versus the unseen. It could be, however, that there is little tension if we find we have simply sold out to the seen. Peering into the invisibles is surely a faith matter.
Faith is the assurance of things hope for, the conviction of things not seen. Hoped for (but not yet) and of things not seen (not to be discerned by the naked eye) are certainly in the realm of the unseen.
Man must guard against the temptation to buy into the visible as if it is reality. It is very temporary. Just look at lawns today; the raking of leaves that four months earlier were seen as a great and new beauty. The temporary passes on. The invisible realm is the greater reality; but this is so difficult for our minds to grasp. Yet, we must.
I encourage you to never give up. We live in a deeply messy world that has its ups and its downs. The key to endurance is the faith in God's resurrection power. He can create something from nothing and give life to the dead.
Spats, disappointments, or failures perpetually try to erode our confidence to try to hit each day with excitement. Yet, we surely are permitted to do so because of the invisible overcoming the visible.
Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen; for the things that are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal (II Cor. 4:16-18).
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