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Scripture
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

Observation
Life has brick walls. With our nose rubbing in the ungiving, red clay of opposition it tempting to slide down the wall and mope at the bottom. Walls of brick can be built with debt, hardship, sickness, conflict, misunderstanding, and disappointment. These walls are pock marked from our attempts to blast and to hammer them down. There is graffiti of frustration sprayed over them. But still the brick walls stand without a window to give fresh air from the other side.

There is blue sky beyond the red brick. Freedom cannot be seen, unless we choose to see it. Faith can make brick as translucent as glass. Faith is not pretending that the wall is not there. The bricks are real. Faith, however, can hold in tension two realities. First, it can see the world we live in full of impossibilities, and second it can see the realm where God lives where all things are possible.

Faith knows a secret: bricks crumble. The wall of discouragement is just a passing phase. Walls are real, but they are not not forever. Promises are always permanent; obstacles never are.

Application
I choose to have bifocal vision, to hold in tension the things that are seen and the things that are unseen.

Prayer
Father, in a world of impossible, I ask for the liberty to taste the atmosphere that surrounds you where all things are possible. Amen.