Invisible
I sometimes wish I could have the ability to be invisible. I’ve often said, “I’d like to be a fly on the wall when that happens”. I know it’s not a “super power” like flying or being the strongest, but I think it would be cool. I also sometimes wish I could see things that are invisible. For example, I wish I could see the wireless signals that are traveling through my house even right now. It would probably blow my mind. What about seeing the invisible spiritual realm. I think it might freak me out even more to see that.
The Apostle Paul in his second letter to the church in Corinth alludes to the spiritual realm when he talks about the flesh and the spirit. Check this out…
3 For although we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh, 4 since the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments 5 and every proud thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:3-5 CSB)
I deal with stuff in my physical world all day long like deadlines, paperwork, appointments with people, etc.… This fills up my calendar for sure. I love interacting with people, especially the ones I like and have the opportunity to serve. I’m also learning to love the “hard to love” people that come my way each day. The more I study the Word the more I become aware of the world that I can’t see – the spiritual realm. This can be really confusing, but it’s quite simple – “the flesh” is my physical being and there is also a “spirit” part of me that is my soul. The battles that I face daily are on two fronts – flesh & spirit. The spiritual battle is invisible, but the results of that battle often are present in my physical life. I believe every situation I face falls into one of those two worlds. My spiritual world is the part where the Lord does His heavy lifting. My physical world operates with energy and power from my spiritual world. It’s when I get this process reversed that I get into trouble. The Lord sees my physical world and my spiritual world. He wants both surrendered to Him. I know that my flesh is weak and prone to sin and stupidity – I want my spirit to grow strong so that my physical self operates totally out of my spirt that is surrendered to the Lord. It is crazy to think of the invisible battle that every person is dealing with, but it’s as real as the stuff in my house that I can see and touch.
Being invisible might be cool, but if I just put on my spiritual eyes of faith to recognize the battle for my soul that is invisible, I would lean into the Lord even more. I desperately need His help in this invisible battle. The struggles of my physical life are really coming from the invisible, spiritual world. With His help, I can deal with both. I can’t see Him except with my eyes of faith. I can also see what He’s doing every day in my life. Maybe I don’t need to be invisible after all.
Pressing On!
Dwayne