Walking Without Shoes

The things that are not yet seen belong to the hidden sphere of the creation.  The Apostle John wrote, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God.  He was in the beginning with God."  (John 1:1)  Of the Eternal One it is written, "All things came into being through Him..." (John 1:3)  There has not been a time when Christ has not been present, but until Bethlehem, His presence was within the hidden invisible realm.  It was only when "the Word became flesh" (John !:14) that what was invisible through the ages became visible to those who were there to behold Him.  

Micah caught a glimpse of what was to be, but had not yet come when he saw in his spirit that Bethlehem would be the place of the birth of One not yet come, but coming.  (Micah 5:2)  Other prophets, too, beheld the wonder of seeing and knowing what was unknown and hidden.  Long centuries before the Christ was hung up to die on Calvary, the prophet Isaiah described it with such vivid accuracy that it would appear he was an eye witness. (Isaiah 53)  He, too, beheld the hidden mystery that was yet to be revealed through the life, death, and suffering of Jesus.  Perhaps, it was a partial glimpse of an ever present eternal and invisible reality, but it was far more than others would see.   

We, of course, live in a world bound by what is visible.  So bound are we in this world that we live with a creed that it is not only improbable, but impossible for the invisible to break through into our physical world.  It is impossible for the holy to break into our secular based world.  Our saying so, our lack of expectation, our inability to see does not change the ability of an all powerful God to reveal Himself and to sound His Word among us.  The invisible and hidden will be revealed again and again according to God's will and our willingness to see and hear.  Always we stand midst the holiness, but only those who see walk without shoes.