✝ Daily Encouragement (9/26/23) "Seeing The Invisible"
Published: Tue, 09/26/23
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We enjoy the apple varieties at Seyfert Orchards, in Lebanon
County.
"Seeing The
Invisible"
Message summary:
"We live by faith, not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7). Like Moses I also persevere to see Him who is invisible through eyes of faith.
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"He (Moses) persevered because he saw Him who is invisible" (Hebrews 11:27b). "We live by faith, not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7). ![]()
Charlie and Rosie Goumas are friends we came to know when we lived in New
England who are both blind. We met them at a conference in Boston some twenty-five years ago when they stopped by a display booth we hosted for Daily Encouragement. After visiting for a few minutes they signed up to receive our daily messages. Then we began to hear from them. At first, before we began podcasting, they listened to a reader on their computer that converted the text to a synthesized computerized voice. Tech has sure come a long way since that time! Now, Siri is so realistic I often
thank her.
Charlie and Rosie have done very well living their lives in a sighted world. They both serve the Lord and have a positive, faith-filled outlook. They met at the Perkins School for the Blind, the oldest school for the blind in the United States. As a child Rosie met Helen Keller who had also attended the same school many years earlier. ![]()
One Sunday morning they took the train from Boston and came to visit us in
Taunton, Massachusetts about 40 miles away. We had a warm time of fellowship as they attended our church and shared a meal with us afterward. Rosie is an outstanding concert pianist and played for our congregation a beautiful arrangement of "How Great Thou Art". The photo shows them sitting on our back porch before they took the train back to the city.
![]() In a sighted world where "seeing is believing" one of the great challenges is living the life of faith in an unseen God. Following Christ is indeed a walk of faith, of believing in One whom we cannot see in the physical world around us, although there is an abundance of evidence for His existence. Earlier in Hebrews 11 we read, "By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible" (v.3). Dedicated Bible readers recognize Hebrews 11 to be the "Faith Chapter." Our daily verse powerfully gives us a glimpse of the faith of Moses in a short phrase: "He persevered because he saw Him who is invisible." Spurgeon writes, "This is what you and I must do: feel that it is but common sense, sanctified common sense, to be looking out for that which will endure forever, and to let these temporary things go, if it be needful that they go, that we may win the crown that does not fade away." People of faith thus identify with what is an apparent contradiction, seeing the invisible, which is even more stunning in the Greek, which uses the same root word for "saw" and "invisible". We understand the inspired Biblical writer is describing faith's ability to see with the eyes of the heart what is unseen with our physical eyes. After the resurrection Jesus speaks forth a blessing to all of us who would follow Him on the basis of faith and not sight: "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed" (John 20:29). Peter, an eyewitness to the life of Christ as He carried out His earthly ministry, states in his epistle: "Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy" (1 Peter 1:8). "We live by faith, not by sight" (2 Corinthians 5:7). Like Moses we also persevere to see Him who is invisible through eyes of faith. May you all do likewise.
Be encouraged today,
(Hebrews 3:13
)
Stephen & Brooksyne
Weber
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* Harry might have used an alternate rendering,
"We walk by faith,
not by sight".
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental
Resources
"Open The Eyes Of My Heart Lord" Watch video on YouTube Maranatha Music
When I greeted Harry on Sunday I said "I wonder if your favorite hymn might be 'Open My Eyes That I
Might See'". I was recalling this list of hymns based on occupations I came across many years ago!
The Dentist's Hymn.............Crown Him With Many Crowns* The Weatherman's Hymn..........There Shall Be Showers of Blessing The Contractor's Hymn..........The Church's One Foundation The Tailor's Hymn..............Holy, Holy, Holy The Golfer's Hymn..............There is A Green Hill Far Away The Politician's Hymn..........Standing on the Promises The Optometrist's Hymn.........Open My Eyes That I Might See The IRS Agent's Hymn...........I Surrender All The Gossip's Hymn..............Pass It On The Electrician's Hymn.........Send the Light The Shopper's Hymn.............Sweet By and By The Realtor's Hymn.........I've Got A Mansion Just Over the Hilltop The Pilot's Hymn...............I'll Fly Away The Paramedic's Hymn...........Revive Us Again The Judge's Hymn...............Almost Persuaded The Psychiatrist's Hymn........Just a Little Talk With Jesus The Architect's Hymn...........How Firm A Foundation The Credit Card Telemarketer's Hymn.....A Charge To Keep I Have The Zookeeper's Hymn...........All Creatures of Our God & King The Postal Worker's Hymn.......So Send I You The Waiter's Hymn..............Fill My Cup, Lord The Gardener's Hymn............Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming The Lifeguard's Hymn...........Rescue the Perishing The Criminal's Hymn............Search Me, O God The Baker's Hymn...............When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder The Shoe Repairer's Hymn.......It Is Well With My Soul The Travel Agent's Hymn........Anywhere With Jesus The Geologist's Hymn...........Rock of Ages The Hematologist's Hymn........Are You Washed in the Blood? The Mens' Wear Clerk's Hymn....Blest Be the Tie The Umpire's Hymn..............I Need No Other Argument The Librarian's Hymn...........Whispering Hope
* Yesterday Brooksyne had the first part of having a crown placed on a tooth. I don't think she wanted to
sing "Crown me with many crowns"!
From the same source I found this list: Now, for those who speed on the highway, a few hymns for you:
45 mph......................God Will Take Care of You 55 mph......................Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah 65 mph......................Nearer My God to Thee 75 mph......................Nearer Still Nearer 85 mph......................This World Is Not My Home 95 mph......................Lord, I'm Coming Home Over 100 mph................Precious Memories To receive the "Daily Encouragement" each Monday-Friday through email see here to sign up for our email list. You can also subscribe to the Wordpress rss feed or through a Wordpress email subscription. (See the email subscription on the right side after opening this page.)
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