THE SEEN TEMPORAL AND UNSEEN ETERNAL

“For the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal” – 2 Corinthians 4:18

Temporal things are temporary; they are “subject to change.” The things you see with the physical, natural eyes are always subject to change. They are subject to superior spiritual laws and forces, especially the unseen but highly potent force of faith. Sickness, lack, poverty, bondage and other negative afflictions are subject to change. The Word of God affirms that things which are seen are temporal!

Therefore, rather than allowing negative circumstances, adverse situations and the cares and complexities of life to determine the direction of our destiny, we should lay hold on God’s Word to change these temporal and undesirable things into the unseen things which are already encapsulated in the Word.
The unseen exists in the spirit realm and spiritual forces are released when God’s Word is spoken. The Lord Jesus said: “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” God’s Word has the capacity to shape the image of unseen things in our hearts so forcefully, until they ultimately take form in reality. The Word establishes the image of the unseen within us. Whatever the Word says should create the image of His desired future for us. The exceeding eternal weight of glory will be made manifest only as we concentrate on the unseen – the promises in the Word, that are in the spirit realm – and allow its transformation into reality.

Irrespective of your present situation, that you do not see some things you desire with your physical eyes does not negate their reality. The secret is that your destiny can be shaped by God’s Word and your confession of it. Your present visible circumstances are temporal – subject to change. You change the seen by meditating and believing in God’s Word. You shape the unseen by following God’s pattern – calling things that are not as though they were: “As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were” (Rom. 4:17).