Invisible Things

When I was in the Boy Scouts and we'd go on camping trips, we would hear ghost stories around a campfire at night. The one about The Ultraviolet Monster was memorable. Invisible to human eyes, it would kill its unsuspecting victims, usually young teen boys, as they sat around campfires in the woods. Wait! WHAT!?!

Naturally, we all slept well after THAT story. Not! Every sound was amplified ten times as we knew for sure that we would be its next victim. Invisible monsters. Ha! Ridiculous. Right? That's what I always thought, until I read the Bible and found out they actually do exist. The Apostle Paul writes these words about Jesus. No, He's not the monster. LOL! But He DOSE create things we can't even see.

^"15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. ¹⁶ For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. ¹⁷ And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. ¹⁸ And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence." - Colossians 1:15-18

Did you catch those words in bold print? God created invisible things! The devil is invisible . . . to us. He prowls around, not only at night, like that ultraviolet monster, but he also creeps around during the daytime too.

"Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour." - 1 Peter 5:8

The ghost stories of my youth were frightening at the time but they sure seem tame now compared to the forces that are work in the world we live in today. How can we be saved against such powerful forces whose only desire is to devour us?

Stand tall, stand firm, and call on the name of The Lord. The Ancient of Days will protect us. All honor and glory to our eternal, immortal King!

"Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen." - 1 Timothy 1:17

Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise - Jaron and Katherine Kamin