For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
Romans 8:24-25 NKJV
Not In What Is Seen
Invisible Disability Week begins tomorrow here in Canada. An invisible disability is a condition that affects your day-to-day life that isn’t outwardly obvious. Some examples include diabetes, MS, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome or EDS, epilepsy, depression, autism, etc. Jess Stainbrook, the executive director of the Invisible Disabilities Association, said the awareness week is meant to help create conversations about invisible disabilities. He said, “We want to raise the bar in awareness and advocacy of what’s going on for people that live with invisible disabilities.”
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There is so much in our world that is invisible. Sometimes it’s things like debilitating medical issues. Sometimes it’s people who have no voice in the world. And around us is the invisible spiritual world that the Bible speaks so much about. Paul does in Romans 8:24-25: “For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.” For the follower of Jesus, our hope is in things that we cannot see with our physical eyes, but of which we are certain through the eyes of faith. What we see with our eyes seldom gives us hope. But what we see through the eyes of faith gives us all hope, by which we wait with expectation for the day when faith will become sight. Look to the future with hope. Trust the One you cannot see, but in whom is hope abundant and eternal. You were saved in this hope, and that hope will carry you through.
These have been words from the heart.
Bob Beasley