Seeing Him who is invisible

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. – Hebrews 11v27

It was by faith that Moses left Egypt and headed out to lead his people. This had all kinds of ramifications. Pharaoh had one of the most powerful armies in the world. His trained warriors could easily have wiped out the people of Israel.

The Israelites had nothing, and there were six million of them. The slave owners were not about the just let their work crews walk off the job. The departure of this much free labour would have a devastating impact on Egypt’s economy. Everything visible was against their leaving.

But Moses had the ability to look at the invisible. He would endure it all as he looked at the Him who is invisible.

That’s what faith is all about, isn’t it; seeing the unseen and focusing on the invisible? Too many times our faith is based on what we see at the moment, not what we see in the ling run.

We may never face the challenges that Moses did, but that doesn’t make our challenges any less real. It doesn’t negate our fears.

Like Moses we have a way t endure and overcome our fear. We must learn to look at Him who is invisible and trust Him on our way.