The invisible one

I was blessed by Hebrews 11:27, “By faith Moses forsook Egypt, not fearing the king’s wrath; he endured as seeing him who is invisible.” 

By faith Moses forsook Egypt: he forsook the place of ease, the place of certainty, the place where life was insured and guaranteed, a place of “wellness.”  sometimes this is what God’s call entails, leaving the place of ease, the place where the future is certain, where steps can be predicted and formulated and followed, and all is well. Faith made Moses turn his back to Egypt.

Not fearing the king’s wrath: Leaving was treason. Actually as I read the story again, the king had sought to kill him. What other perils did his leaving spell? What other things was he exposing himself to? Not fearing the bleakness of his state, not fearing the loss of class, no more affluence, it was now going to be “survival” for him.  Faith kept him from fearing these. He was now exposed.

He endured as seeing him who is invisible: This was his only confidence- the invisible one. That is what faith does. It sees the invisible one. His ways are invisible, his ways can’t be quantified predicted or calculated like a formula, his power is true, his promises are reliable, his goodness is real, though invisible, he is true. Moses endured hardships as seeing him who is invisible. In the same way, those called by God, sometimes are not as empirical as the world around them. They may not quantify the answers, their only constant is God. This does not satisfy the curiosity of the inquirers, but they endure as seeing him who is invisible. And he proves to be faithful.