So we are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord — for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we do have confidence, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. For all of us must appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may receive recompense for what has been done in the body, whether good or evil. Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade others; but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences. We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast in outward appearance and not in the heart. For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them. (2 Corinthians 5:6-15 NRSV)
In my minds eye I can see your face… goes a line in the DC Talk song Minds Eye. It is a song about the above text how we live by faith and not by sight. We have never “seen” God or Jesus. Yet we all have “seen” God and Jesus. In the face of the child we give their first gift. In the face of the person who needs food that we give a hot meal to. To the person we listen to that needs an ear for compassion.
We have never seen the wind, we have seen the effects of the wind but never the wind. God needs us and asks us to believe in His promises and know we can live by faith and not worry about not seeing.
Because seeing isn’t believing, believing is seeing!
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