Seeing Hope

The man or woman of God needs their eyes fastened on the eternal and not on the things of earth. 

We are told the things we see are temporary but those things we do not see are eternal.

We need to see with spiritual eyes those things not revealed to the man whose hope is in vain things but made plain to those whose hope is in God.

 

We all remember this story I think:  

2 Kings 6:13-17

 13 "Go, find out where he is," the king ordered, "so I can send men and capture him." The report came back: "He is in Dothan."

14 Then he sent horses and chariots and a strong force there. They went by night and surrounded the city.

 15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. "Oh, my lord, what shall we do?" the servant asked.

 16 "Don't be afraid," the prophet answered. "Those who are with us are more than those who are with them."

17 And Elisha prayed, "O LORD, open his eyes so he may see." Then the LORD opened the servant's eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

And Elisha said: “There’s a hope you can believe in!”

The servant of the man of God was not seeing with the eyes of what we might call ‘God hope’. Instead, he was seeing with what the Psalmist said was ‘vain hope’. He saw the size of the kings army but didn’t’ see the size of the King of King’s army. We need to ‘see hope’. We need to have our eyes always open to the understanding that “Greater is He that is in you then he that is in the world.” That gives us a hope that brings endurance and the ability to not be afraid no matter what we may ‘see’ in the natural.

Hope in God is spiritual stamina strengthening us to endure.   

We need to ‘see’ hope!