What if...?

What would it be like if we walked through this life not using our natural eyes, but with a relentless faith perspective? I mean, what if we were intentional about seeing the world solely from a spiritual perspective?

What if we viewed our children the same as the Father views them? Our spouse? Our boss?

What if we understood the reason why that person who is a societal outcast talks or dresses or behaves “that way”?

What if our hearts were moved with compassion as Christ’s heart was when He saw certain people? It wasn’t that He just saw their frame; it was that He saw their heart.

What if we could be blind to the physical world and only see in the spirit? How would that inform our behavior or our speech? What kind of tenderness and grace would that evoke? What kind of righteous anger would that stir in us? What actions would result? Would we be moved to care for widows and orphans? Would we tend to the needs of the single parent? Would we take more time to talk with the one who we, right now, have very little patience for?

What if we were walking according to our faith in the transcendent, living God who sent His Son to lay down His life for us…according to the ways of Him who loves us with an everlasting love, Who heals…delivers…strengthens…reveals…desires righteousness?

Oh, what on the earth would happen if we boldly and unapologetically kept our hearts and minds attuned to the spiritual realm? Just a flawed, human attempt at walking in daily and hourly and moment-by-moment awareness of the reality that is beyond what we see. What would that walk look like?

2 Corinthians 5:7 - For we walk by faith, not by sight.