01/31/19 I COULDN'T SEE IT

01/31/19 I COULDN'T SEE IT
(video of hang glider)

GOD IS STILL THERE
 
OK, this is not exciting or exceptional. It is a short, simple video of a HANG GLIDER being pulled aloft. I took this with my phone at the Beaufort Bridge Landing, in July of 2017. My narration is nothing to write home about either. HOWEVER, I noticed something interesting as I watched the video.

Because of the bright day and because it is difficult to see images on a phone screen, I could not see the plane or the hang glider, but I pointed the camera in their direction.

Sometimes our vision is hindered, but by faith we move in the direction we know is right.

In the scheme of Christian living, our faith becomes sight at salvation. We believe Him and He does the unseeable, the unimaginable. By faith we see the hand and work of God.

Then as we walk in His word and in His light we see the hand of God in times of trial, we see the way He is leading and we walk in it. "I believe," becomes, "I know."

But the life of faith and the need for faith continues. Sometimes we do not see, and maybe we do not hear a clear message from God. At those times we set our course by faith in what He has told us, in what He has shown us. I believe Him, I believe His word, I trust His faithfulness and I walk in the way that He has said. I live by faith in the unseen God, walking in a way that I do not see or understand.

This little video was taken when I could not see the plane or glider on the phone screen. I could only turn my camera in their direction and hope that I was getting the picture. When I viewed the video, there it was. I did not have to see it in order to capture it. I just had to turn in that direction and trust that it would be there.

When we are facing a problem, but don't see the reason or the answer, it is OK, because we can keep moving toward God. He is there, even when we don't see Him.