Seeing by Faith

<p>During my morning walk, the sun hit the waters of Lake Michigan at a perfect angle to produce a stunning view. I asked my friend to stop and wait for me as I positioned my camera to take a pic. Because of the position of the sun, I couldn&rsquo;t see the image on my phone&rsquo;s screen before I snapped the shot. But having done this before, I sensed it would be a great picture. I told me friend, &ldquo;We can&rsquo;t see it now, but pictures like this always come out good.&rdquo;</p> <p>Walking by faith through this life is often like taking that picture. You can&rsquo;t always see the details on the screen, but that doesn&rsquo;t mean the stunning picture isn&rsquo;t there. You don&rsquo;t always see God working, but you can trust that He&rsquo;s there. As the writer of Hebrews penned, &ldquo;Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance in what we do not see&rdquo; (11:1). By faith we place our confidence and assurance in God&mdash;especially when we can&rsquo;t see or understand what He&rsquo;s doing.</p> <p>With faith, not seeing doesn&rsquo;t prevent us from &ldquo;taking the shot.&rdquo; It just might make us pray more and seek God&rsquo;s direction. We can also rely on knowing what has happened in the past as others have walked by faith (vv. 4&ndash;12) as well as through our own stories. What God has done before, He can do again.</p>