FAITH IS SEEING BEFORE SEEING

Faith is not optimism, wishful thinking, or blind hope. It is spiritual sight. Faith sees what is invisible before it becomes visible. It believes before the breakthrough shows up, before the prayer is answered, and before the evidence appears. True faith looks into the unseen and treats God’s promise as more real than the situation in front of us.

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
— 2 Corinthians 5:7

To live by faith means trusting what God has said more than what our eyes can see.

Faith Begins With Who God Is

Faith is only as strong as the One it is rooted in. God never asks us to trust His promises without first revealing His identity and authority. Paul writes in Colossians 1:16:

“For by Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible… all things were created by Him and for Him.”

This verse establishes three truths:

• God created both the seen and the unseen

• Reality begins in the invisible realm and manifests in the natural

• What is invisible to us is fully visible, established, and governed by Him

Whenever God speaks a promise, it already exists in the invisible realm. Faith agrees with what God has already completed, even before it materializes.

Faith Speaks Before Evidence Arrives

Jesus taught this principle directly in Matthew 17:20:

“If you have faith as small as a mustard seed… you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Notice the sequence:

1. Possess faith

2. Speak to the mountain

3. Witness the mountain move

Jesus did not instruct us to wait for movement before believing. He instructed us to believe first, speak first, and act first. Faith speaks with conviction before results appear. Faith talks like the promise is already fulfilled, since in God’s realm it is.

Seeing Before Seeing

When God gives a promise, calling, or assignment, visible proof rarely shows up immediately. Delay is often allowed so that faith can develop spiritual eyesight. Noah built the ark before rain had ever touched the earth. Faith may appear unreasonable to a sight-based world, yet it is simply seeing what God sees ahead of time.

God told Jeremiah:

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.”
— Jeremiah 1:5

God sees destiny before formation. Faith aligns with God’s vision, not human limitation.

Why Faith Must See First

Sight reveals what currently exists. Faith reveals what will exist. God’s Word reveals what is already true in Heaven. Faith brings the unseen into alignment with the seen until the visible reality matches God’s spoken reality. Mature believers learn to trust God’s voice above their circumstances and above their senses.

How to Practice “Seeing Before Seeing”

1. Anchor your vision in Scripture
   Faith is not fantasy. Scripture provides the foundation for what we believe.

2. Speak what God has said
   Jesus instructed us to speak to the mountain. Faith uses words intentionally.

3. Thank God before the answer appears
   Gratitude demonstrates belief that the promise is already settled.

4. Act in agreement with what you believe
   Faith moves the feet. Alignment proves conviction.

Knowing: The Inner Certainty of Faith

Faith matures from believing to knowing. Belief accepts God’s Word as true. Knowing treats it as already accomplished. Knowing is the spiritual confidence that settles the heart before the eyes see change. It is the point where faith no longer wrestles with doubt and rests fully in God’s nature, God’s Word, and God’s integrity.

Knowing is not human confidence, mental determination, or positive thought. It is the inner assurance produced by the Holy Spirit. Scripture describes this dimension of faith as a settled conviction:

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
— Hebrews 11:1

Faith becomes substance when it becomes knowing. Hope looks forward to what could be. Knowing holds what already is. Once the heart knows, it no longer negotiates with circumstances, emotions, or timelines.

A believer who reaches knowing begins to function from the reality of Heaven rather than the conditions of Earth. Abraham modeled this level of spiritual certainty when he “did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God” (Romans 4:20). He praised God before Isaac’s birth because he had moved from hoping to knowing.

Reaching the place of knowing unlocks a realm where all things become possible. Jesus declared:

“All things are possible to the one who believes.”
— Mark 9:23

When faith matures into knowing, the believer no longer wonders if it can happen. Knowing recognizes nothing is impossible with God and nothing God has promised is out of reach. Every promise becomes accessible. Every word becomes attainable. Everything God speaks carries the power for fulfillment. EVERYTHING = EVERYTHING. If it can be believed, it can be seen. If it can be seen in the Spirit, it can become visible in the natural.

The goal of the believer is not to remain in a state of hoping or even early-stage faith. Faith is designed to grow until it becomes knowing. Knowing represents full agreement with God’s perspective, timing, and truth. It is the highest expression of faith, where the heart is anchored, the mind is unshaken, and the outcome is treated as completed.

Knowing is the realm where the impossible becomes inevitable.

Everything = Everything

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