(by pastor Jean)

I was reading in Hebrews chapter 11 and came across this verse which I had previously underlined but felt like I had never seen it before! Talking about Moses, it says, “He kept right on going because he kept his eyes on the one who is invisible” (Heb 11:27; NLT). If an unbeliever was reading this verse it would seem like a conundrum to them because how can you look at someone you can’t see? Of course, as Christians we know that we look with the eyes of the spirit, by faith; we can look at Jesus, knowing He is everywhere though we cannot see Him. Hebrews 11:1 tells us about faith, that it is the certainty of things that you cannot see with your physical eyes. There are more scriptures that confirm looking at the invisible; 2 Cor 5:7, “We walk by faith, not by sight.” Similarly in 2 Cor 4:18, “We fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever” (NLT). Hebrews 12:1,2 talks about running the race that God has set before us and says that we do this by, “keeping our eyes on Jesus.” Colossians 3:1 teaches us to think about heaven where Jesus is now. These verses all encourage us to focus on Jesus because He is the solution to all our problems; He is our all in all, everything we need. Of course, it is impossible to do this non-stop all day long, but we can keep bringing our minds back to Him asking God to help us redirect our focus and fix our gaze on Him.