“Focusing On the Unseen Things”

 “Focusing On the Unseen Things”

 

So we do NOT focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen.  For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.    2 Corinthians 4:18

 

This verse of Scripture is very applicable to people in this day and age.  People of TODAY, are more inclined to BELIEVE in what they SEE and TOUCH MUCH MORE than what they cannot SEE or TOUCH. However, for the TRUE BELIEVER, who is LIVING by the SPIRIT, and NOT by SIGHT, but by their FAITH, they are able to see things through the Eyes of the ALMIGHTY GOD.   And it is their FAITH that enables them to SEE the UNSEEN things, this FAITH comes from the Word of the LIVING GOD.  

 

The WORLDLY things that people WORK so hard for and end up LEAVING BEHIND for someone else, are the SEEN things that are TEMPORARY.  Their VALUE and USEFULNESS will waste away someday, and when they LEAVE this WORLD, what they thought was VALUABLE and USEFUL in their sight, and according to the WORLD’S view, will NOT MATTER to them at all. 

 

When I hear about what’s happening in the Ukraine, how the people are SACRIFICING ALL for their FREEDOM.  I think about the fact that ALL the MATERIAL THINGS ( seen things) really don’t mean that MUCH to them NOW, many, who are TRUE BELIEVERS, are FOCUSED on the UNSEEN things, the things that are ETERNAL.  And if they die for their FREEDOM, especially the FREEDOM to be able to WORSHIP the ALMIGHTY GOD and His Son, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, that will be the price they will pay, because they are FOCUSED on the things that are UNSEEN and are ETERNAL.  ALL the BLESSINGS, JOY, PEACE, LOVE, and an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with NO MORE WARS or THREATS to their FREEDOM, will be theirs for ALL of ETERNITY.  

 

Those who do NOT BELIEVE and are NOT FOCUSED on the UNSEEN (eternal) things, but are WORKING and DYING, and FOCUSED on what this OLD SINFUL WORLD can offer them, the SEEN (temporary) things.  And they are forfeiting the UNSEEN, ETERNAL THINGS that ONLY GOD can give them.  And instead of an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, they end up with ETERNAL LIFE in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once they are there.  What are you FOCUSED on, the SEEN or the UNSEEN things?

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, then your FOCUS has probably been TOTALLY on what the WORLD has to give you, and that is what you are WORKING for.  And it will LEAD you to an ETERNITY in HELL.  To change your FOCUS, and your DESTINY, you MUST FIRST, ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who PAID the PRICE for your sins, with His OWN BLOOD.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before GOD. And you MUST CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And you MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and FOCUS on the UNSEEN, ETERNAL things, which are waiting for you in HEAVEN.  So, do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!