By Faith, Not by Sight

In Scripture, Faith is related solely to two Realities we cannot see with the natural eye. That is to God and to God’s Word. If we walk by sight, we do not need Faith. If we walk by Faith, we do not need sight. Each excludes the other.

The World says, “Seeing is Believing”, But the Bible reverses the order.

First we must Believe, then we will see. This Principle is so important that we will look at some passages of Scripture that illustrate it. In Psalm 27:13, David said “I would have despaired unless I had Believed that I would see the Goodness of the Lord in the Land of the Living”.

The Question now arises which came first, Believing or seeing? The Answer is Believing.

If we cannot Believe that we will see the Goodness of the Lord, we will despair. The thing that keeps us from despairing is not what we see, but what we Believe. Let us now look at a Statement made about Moses in Hebrews 11:27 “By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible”. Nothing in the visible circumstances could have given him any hope or encouragement. But in spite of all that was against him, He endured because he was able to see the unseen.