The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and
delivers them. Psalm 34:7
In a materialistic world like ours, we are tempted to conclude that the only real things
are those we experience with our five senses. Yet "there are things we cannot see:
things behind our backs or far away and all things in the dark," said C. S. Lewis.
There is another realm of reality, just as actual, just as factual, just as substantial as
anything we see, hear, touch, taste, or smell in this world. It exists all around
usnot out there "somewhere," but "here." There are legions of
angels helping us, for which the world has no counter-measures (Hebrews 1:14). The
psalmist David referred to them as a force of thousands of thousands of chariots (Psalm
68:17). We cannot see God nor His angels with our natural eyes. But they are there,
whether we see them or not. I believe the world is filled with them.
Faith is the means by which we are able to "see" this invisible world. That is
belief's true function. Faith is to the spiritual realm what the five senses are to the
natural realm. The writer of Hebrews says that faith is "the evidence of things not
seen" (Hebrews 11:1). By faith we recognize the existence of the spiritual world and
learn to depend on the Lord for His help in our daily life. Our goal, then, as George
MacDonald once said, is to "grow eyes" to see the unseen.
-DHR
At times our fears may loom so large,
We long for proof that God is near;
It's then our Father says to us,
"Have faith, My child, and do not fear."
=DJD
Faith sees things that are out of sight.