Dr. A.W. Tozer used to remind us that the invisible world described in the Bible is the only “real
world.” If we would only see the visible world the way God wants us to see it, we would never
be attracted by anything it has to offer.
The great men and women of faith mentioned in Hebrews 11 achieved what they did because
they “saw the invisible.” The things of this world seem so real because we can see and feel them;
but they are all temporal and destined to pass away.
Only the eternal things of the spiritual life will last. We must not press this truth into extremes
and think that “material” and “spiritual” oppose each other, when we use the material in God’s
will, He transforms it into the spiritual, and this becomes part of our treasure in heaven. We
value the material because it can be used to promote the spiritual, and not for what it is in itself.
How can you look at things that are invisible? By faith, when you read the Word of God. We
have never seen Christ or heaven, yet we know they are real because the Word of God tells us so.
From the Word: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not
seen” (Hebrews 11:1).
Dig for more: 1 John 2:15-17; Hebrews 11:6, 10, 13-14, 27;
2 Corinthians 4:18.
Action assignment: Think of three things the Bible tells you about that you can see only by faith.
Thank God for the reality of the invisible world.

WARREN W. WIERSBE
www.backtothebible.in