It hit me hard during Easter week: we preach on what is invisible.
Jesus’ resurrected body? These days, invisible. The Holy Spirit? Invisible. The promise of life after life? Invisible.
No wonder people often struggle to accept what preachers say and what churches teach. No wonder I often struggle to accept what preachers say and what churches teach.
In a world that values empirical data, in a culture built on images on-screen, we in the church face an uphill climb.
It’s a never-ending journey to make the invisible . . . tangible. Tactile. Dare I say it? Even visible.
It’s also a good time to remember the God-breathed words of 2 Corinthians 4:18:
So we fix our eyes not on what is see, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
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Reading your blog made me think of the defination and the gift of faith. It, too, is invisable. Yet,during those times of questioning or doubting, the gift of faith “pulls” at me, back to what it means: “confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, ideas or thing. Belief that does not rest on logical proof…”.
That pull is just another one of God’s DISRUPTIONS!
First, very nicely put Tom Walker.
I can’t help but think that God knew “invisible” would be a struggle for many.
It was a struggle for those closest to him, much less us folks living in 2010. My inspiration comes from the book of John 20: 24-29 where the invisible becomes visible. Thomas, one of the twelve and in doubt, not only sees but touches the scars of our risen Christ.
This piece of scripture is not just random text. It is precisely placed for us to see what we cannot.
So, what is “invisible” can actually be made “visible” by the testimony of others.
How is it that you put it, as we raise our Bibles towards heaven?
The Bible is a library containing 66 books where God reveals himself to us.
Doubting Thomas has removed the doubt…right?