1. Invisible Gratefulness
Gratefulness in the Invisible

2. Invisible Gratefulness
Cataract:

3. What we see with our natural eyes is not enough to accurately answer the questions of our lives.

4. ”Faith” Vision Goggles
Night Vision Goggles

5. How we “see”
is important to
gratefulness

6. 2 Kings 6: 11-17
11 This enraged the king of Aram. He summoned his officers and demanded of them, “Tell me! Which of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
12 “None of us, my lord the king,” said one of his officers, “but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
13 “Go, find out where he is,” the king ordered, “so I can send men and capture him.” The report came back: “He is in Dothan.” 14 Then he sent horses and chariots and a strong force there. They went by night and surrounded the city.

7. 2 Kings 6: 11-17
15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh no, my lord! What shall we do?” the servant asked.
16 “Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
17 And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

8. Many times, our anxiety (or lack of gratefulness) in a situation
is not so much a problem of circumstances
but a problem in seeing
-in seeing the invisible

9. The invisible is:
Real
Close
There all along

14. You and I need to remember that we live daily
in two different “worlds”
“our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
but against … the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms” Ephesians 6:12

15. We need to learn to “see”
“I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.” – John 4:35

16. 22 “The eye is the lamp of the body
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.” Matt 6:22

17. that behind every reality we see with our natural eyes
We need to learn to see
that behind every reality
we see with our natural eyes
there is another reality…
-invisible, but
real
close
and there all along.

18. How to ”see” better? Word of God
“Your word…lamp to my feet, a light for my path”
Ps 119:105
“the unfolding of your words gives light”
Ps 119:130
Word of God

19. Word of God
Eagerly love the Word of God
Never forget the wonder of the Word of God
Distribute the Word of God
Pray the prayer of Elisha – “Lord open my eyes”

20. Pray the prayer of Elisha
“open my eyes that I might see
wonderful things in your law”
Ps 119:18

21. Help the nations to see?
Word of God
Eagerly love the Word of God
Never forget the wonder of the Word of God
Distribute the Word of God
Pray the prayer of Elisha – “Lord open his eyes”

22. Then we can be forever grateful because we see what is forever -
we see the invisible
“…we fix our eyes not on what is seen
but on what is unseen.
For what is seen is temporary,
but what is unseen is eternal.”
2 Cor 4:18