2 Corinthians 4:18 – “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” – (NIV)
Take a moment and look around.
You’ll see trees stretching toward the sky, clouds drifting like thoughts, oceans swirling with mystery, tulips, blooming in gentle defiance of the seasons. We marvel at sunsets painted across the heavens, skyscrapers standing like monuments to human ambition, the comforting smile of a friend, or the soft presence of a sleeping child.
The world is full of beauty. And it’s all real. All visible. All tangibles.
But still: there’s more.
More than what we can touch, taste, hear, or even imagine. Beyond the boundaries of sight and sensation, there is a reality just as vivid, just as powerful, and infinitely more lasting.
The Apostle Paul, writing to the early followers of Jesus in Corinth, was encouraging a group of people who were suffering. They weren’t just facing inconvenience; they were facing persecution, poverty, and the very real threat of death. It would have been easy for them to fix their attention on what was happening around them, the chaos, the fear, the pain.
But Paul pointed their gaze in a different direction.
He reminded them that what we see now, this temporary, ever-changing world, isn’t the whole story. It’s just the beginning. “Fix your eyes,” he said, “not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.” Because what is seen won’t last. But what is unseen? That’s where eternity lives.
FAITH IN THE UNSEEN
That’s the paradox of faith, isn’t it? Trusting in what we cannot see.
We don’t see the wind, but we see its effects as it sways the trees and cools our skin. We don’t see love, but we feel it in a parent’s embrace, a friend’s loyalty, or a partner’s sacrifice. We don’t see gravity, but it holds us steady every day.
And we don’t always see God.
But we experience Him, in the whisper that calms our fear, in the unexplainable peace during a storm, in the strength that shows up when we should’ve collapsed. God is not far. He is not absent. He is simply operating on a wavelength that requires a different kind of sight.
Spiritual sight.
It doesn’t deny what’s happening around us. It simply dares to believe there is more. More purpose. More hope. More life than we currently understand.
LIVING WITH EYES WIDE OPEN
We were made for more than what we can see.
Our hearts know it, even if our minds struggle to name it. There’s a longing in all of us that no vacation, job, relationship, or possession can fully satisfy. That longing points to something deeper, something eternal.
Jesus stepped into this visible world to show us the way to the invisible. Through His life, death, and resurrection, He made it possible for us not just to believe in something beyond, but to live for it. And not just after this life, but right now.
Right here.
You don’t need perfect clarity to begin the journey. You just need a willingness to trust that the One who formed galaxies also cares deeply about your story, and that your story doesn’t end here. It’s part of something far greater.
SO, WHAT NOW?
We all face that choice every day:
Will we fix our eyes only on what we can see, the bills, the deadlines, the diagnoses, the disappointments?
Or will we dare to look beyond—to anchor our hope in something eternal, invisible, and yet completely trustworthy?
There’s more.
More than the news headlines.
More than your current struggle.
More than your past.
More than your questions.
More than what your eyes can see.
So today, choose to lift your gaze.
Live like eternity matters, because it does.
And remember, the unseen is not unreal. It’s just waiting to be revealed. Amen.
