Though Fanny could not see with her eyes, with eyes of faith she saw God and she saw heaven. If you are reading this article, you are blessed to see what is visible in this life. Moses, whose eyesight never dimmed, though he lived 120 years (Dt 34:7), also had excellent spiritual vision, and as Fanny, saw the invisible.
Moses saw powerful Pharaoh. He knew Pharaoh wanted to kill him after he killed an Egyptian in defense of an Israelite. (Ex 2:11-16) But, he left Egypt, not fearing Pharaoh’s wrath. How was he able to do this? He endured because he saw the One who is unseen and trusted in Him for protection. (Heb 11:27) By faith, do you see God? “Since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.” (Rom 1:20) Everything that you see with your physical eyes points to a Divine and Eternal Creator. Look at the magnificent beauty of a sunset. Do you see God? (How can you not?!!) Does this help you to endure the assaults of men that come your way?
Moses saw the pleasure of sin and the treasures of Egypt. But rather than enjoy sin and have great riches, he chose to suffer with the people of God, enduring the reproach of Christ. Why? He was looking to the invisible- the reward! (Heb 11:24-26) However pleasurable sin appeared to him, he knew its pleasure was “passing”. If he chose to enjoy sin for a moment, he would miss heaven, his eternal reward (and end up in the eternal punishment of hell). He chose rather to live right and to identify himself with his people- God’s people’- and to take the suffering that went along with it, in order to gain the reward. Archaeologists have uncovered the fabulous riches of Egypt such as those of King Tut. Moses, the adopted son of Pharaoh’s daughter, could have owned similar treasures. But his faith caused him to give up all that he could see in order to receive the treasures he could not see. Are you looking to the reward? Do you see heaven? Does the sight of heaven cause you to refuse sinful pleasures? Does looking to the reward give you the strength to suffer with others who are doing what is right? Do you see that sharing the reproach of Christ is more valuable than all the treasures of this world?
Jesus said, “The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness.” (Mt 6:22-23) The Savior taught that the light in your life depends on the light in your eyes. If your physical eyes are bad, you live as Fanny Crosby did, in a world of darkness. If your spiritual eyes are bad, you live in a worse darkness, a spiritual darkness. Is God as real to you as your next-door neighbor? Is heaven as real as Marion? Do you see the invisible or are you blind?
