Spiritual Eyes of Hope
Author: Bob Shafer
Romans 8:20-25
"For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?" (Romans 8:24).
Did you know that you receive more input from your eyes than any other sense? Just think how drastically your life would change if you couldn’t see. Therefore, it is easy to understand why you are so dependent on your physical sight. However, there are things you can’t see.
In the Kingdom of God, hope believes in things that have no physical evidence. Hope is a confident trust and reliance on God for results that can’t be seen in the natural. Those who cannot break free from their senses, especially their sight, will never be able to operate in God’s kind of hope.
How do we overcome what our physical eyes tell us? If our circumstances are contrary to what we know God wants us to have, how do we conquer the negative input? The answer is God’s Word. Through meditating and acting on God’s Word, we gain spiritual sight and can see more clearly with our spiritual eyes. We do have spiritual senses. This is what Jesus meant when he said, “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear” (Matt. 11:15). We have spiritual ears and eyes that enable us to perceive things that are hidden to our natural senses.
If you haven’t begun to use your spiritual senses, start today. Here’s a tip: you can’t see with your physical eyes if they are closed; likewise, you can’t see with your spiritual eyes if they are not open to the Spirit and the Word. If you don’t see your world through the Holy Spirit’s impartation of God’s Word, you are spiritually blind—and you don’t want to be blind in your spirit! Open up your spiritual eyes by opening up your heart to God’s Word, and then hope will manifest.
Bob Shafer
Author: Bob Shafer
Romans 8:20-25
"For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?" (Romans 8:24).
Did you know that you receive more input from your eyes than any other sense? Just think how drastically your life would change if you couldn’t see. Therefore, it is easy to understand why you are so dependent on your physical sight. However, there are things you can’t see.
In the Kingdom of God, hope believes in things that have no physical evidence. Hope is a confident trust and reliance on God for results that can’t be seen in the natural. Those who cannot break free from their senses, especially their sight, will never be able to operate in God’s kind of hope.
How do we overcome what our physical eyes tell us? If our circumstances are contrary to what we know God wants us to have, how do we conquer the negative input? The answer is God’s Word. Through meditating and acting on God’s Word, we gain spiritual sight and can see more clearly with our spiritual eyes. We do have spiritual senses. This is what Jesus meant when he said, “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear” (Matt. 11:15). We have spiritual ears and eyes that enable us to perceive things that are hidden to our natural senses.
If you haven’t begun to use your spiritual senses, start today. Here’s a tip: you can’t see with your physical eyes if they are closed; likewise, you can’t see with your spiritual eyes if they are not open to the Spirit and the Word. If you don’t see your world through the Holy Spirit’s impartation of God’s Word, you are spiritually blind—and you don’t want to be blind in your spirit! Open up your spiritual eyes by opening up your heart to God’s Word, and then hope will manifest.
Bob Shafer