How to See the Invisible

How to See the Invisible

While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18

When someone speaks we can’t see the words that are coming from their mouth. When we don’t understand what they are saying, we may ask a question like this, “What do you mean?” or “I don’t understand, could you explain that to me again?” Now when we do know what they mean, we say something like this, “I see what you are saying.” Wait a minute, “How can we see the words that someone speaks? Spoken words are invisible. You can’t see them.” Or can you? If I say red house, or blue car or green grass or fluffy clouds you can get a mental picture of words I speak. So words can be seen.

"A picture is worth a thousand words" is a saying that is considered true by many. It refers to the idea that complex stories can be described with just a single still image, or that an image may be more influential than a substantial amount of text.

Take a look at your Bible. Flip through the pages and you can see for yourself that it does contain a substantial amount of text. Here are some amazing facts and statistics about the Bible: Number of books in the Bible: 66; chapters: 1,189; verses: 31,101; words: 783,137; letters: 3,566,480; number of promises given in the Bible: 1,260; commands: 6,468; fulfilled prophecy: 3,268 verses; unfulfilled prophecy: 3,140; number of questions: 3,294; longest verse: Esther 8:9 (78 words); shortest verse: John 11:35 (2 words: "Jesus wept"); shortest chapter (by number of words): Psalm 117; longest book: Psalms (150 chapters); shortest book (by number of words): 3 John; longest chapter: Psalm 119 (176 verses); number of times the word "God" appears: 3,358; number of times the word "Lord" appears: 7,736; number of different authors: 40; number of languages the Bible has been translated into: over 1,200.

Every book, every chapter, every verse, every word, every letter is about Jesus. Every promise, every command, every prediction, every prophecy fulfilled and unfulfilled is about Him. They give a clear picture of who He is. He is the express image and likeness of the Father. He is the word made tangible. He is the word made flesh. When we see Jesus we can see our salvation. When we see Jesus we can see our deliverance. When we see Jesus we can see our healing. So in this case, seeing is believing, just keep your eyes on the words in your Bible and see the image of the invisible God - Jesus.

My friend, start seeing something better for yourself, for your family, for your church, for your city. Start seeing the invisible Word of God and speak changes to your world.

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