Today I want to talk to you about "not walking by

sight." Peter is on the water… walking. My sight is my reality. The

reality is, we can't step out and pay our bills. The reality is, every

time I love someone I get a broken heart. The reality is the car is not

starting. The reality is you cannot walk on water. It's soft. But as

long as Peter is staring at the Messiah, he's doing it. Then he checks

out reality, getting a quick update. Splash. Well if I'm not looking at

my reality, what should I look at? I Samuel 16:7 says, "For the Lord

does not see as a man sees." What do we see? Well, we see physical

stuff. We see the bank account. We see the symptoms. We see "I can't."

We see being stuck. "I'll never get out of this rat race!" We see

weakness. We see discouragement. This is a problem. II Corinthians 5:7

KJV says, "For we walk by faith and not by sight." I say to my wife,

"The reality is my hair is falling out, does it bother you?" She says,

"I walk by faith and not by sight." We see the dead end, we see the

storm, we see the wind and the waves. We see the mess ahead, and the

mess behind. God here is telling us to shut our eyes to the reality of

our world. When you close your eyes to your own reality and open your

eyes to God's reality, you'll bring the provision of health into your

reality of sickness. You'll bring the provision of wisdom into your

test. You'll bring the provision of joy into your reality of

discouragement and weariness.