The true disciple lives in the upper realm where he “sees” invisible things constantly. It is the temporal realm that causes anxiety: that feared enemy, that inching cancer, that empty pocketbook. But once I see the wealth of the invisible world, the temporal sphere fades into insignificance.
Everything visible is subject to decay—I must not forget that. Bodies grow old, houses fall into ruin, the earth erodes, and the sun (like all stars) is subject to death. But everything invisible is beyond decay. Angels do not grow old, the human spirit does not die, and God Himself is beyond change and decay. Paul said that three things abide— faith, hope, love—all characteristics of the invisible world. The rich fool of Jesus’ parable was the man who forgot that part of him—his spirit—was eternal, and so he spent all his time comforting his body (Luke 12:20). There is no greater foolishness.
True worldliness is really lack of vision. The worldling says, “What I see is all there is.” So he uses his time, strength, and will in cultivating the physical and the tangible. Result? “The world is passing away” (1 John 2:17) and so is the man of the world.
I must follow the footsteps of those who went the “invisible” way: Abraham, who looked for an invisible city (Hebrews 11:8–10); Elisha, who saw invisible armies (2 Kings 6:17); and Moses, who followed an invisible God (Hebrews 11:27). Only as I immerse myself in the invisible world do I abide; and only as I obey invisible laws do I live.
“But as it is, they desire a better country, that is a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them” (Hebrews 11:16).
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