Seeing Him Who is Unseen
Hoseah shares reflections from a recent trip to Israel, emphasizing the importance of faith and spiritual insight over physical experiences. He begins with a prayer, acknowledging the need for divine guidance. During the trip, he observed significant historical sites but felt a sense of oppression in places that had become commercialized shrines. He stresses that true transformation comes from seeing the unseen, particularly God, rather than being distracted by tangible, temporal things. Hoseah highlights that God's choice of humble locations for significant events in Jesus' life illustrates His divine wisdom. He encourages believers to recognize their own divine appointments in life, urging them to focus on God's purpose rather than personal desires. He warns against the dangers of forgetting God amidst blessings and emphasizes the need for faith to navigate life's challenges. Hoseah concludes by reminding the audience that true transformation and spiritual building occur through revelation and faith, encouraging them to seek a deeper relationship with God.
Outline of Main Points
- Introduction and prayer for guidance
- Reflections on the trip to Israel
- Importance of seeing the unseen (God) over physical sites
- God's wisdom in choosing humble locations for significant events
- Recognizing divine appointments in our lives
- Warnings against forgetting God amidst blessings
- Faith as essential for transformation and spiritual building
- Conclusion: Encouragement to seek a deeper relationship with God
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; 25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
18 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.
