INVISIBLE?

"Love the people who saw you when you were invisible to everyone else.”

"The Invisible Man,” 1933 movie. “The Invisible Man,” 1958 TV show. A disappearing Aston Martin, belonging to the fantastical James Bond in “Die Another Day.” Wonder Woman’s “see-through” Atlantean jet. Just the other night I watched ABC’s Castle and Beckett valiantly—and successfully— take on an invisible nemesis. It seems people are simply fascinated with the idea of being invisible.

Reports indicate that several world governments may be actively working on the real possibility of “cloaking” technology, which would of course, if it came to fruition, be very valuable in the area of stealth aircraft and other areas of defense. Science fiction no longer.

Invisibility is the “state of an object that can’t be seen.” It is not visible. According to dailymail.co.uk on 9/29/14, “scientists at the University of Rochester in New York have shown off a method to make objects invisible using a system of lenses; by aligning four lenses in a certain manner an object is made 'invisible;' the background behind the object remains visible as light bends around; they say it is the first cloaking device to provide multi-directional cloaking; and the technique could also be used to let surgeons see through hands while operating or truck drivers see into their blind spot.”

Human beings sometimes feel invisible, that nobody cares for them. That nobody really sees them. That nobody cares if they see them. That they are completely insignificant to those around them. That they are alone. Forgotten. And that is simply never fun or fantastic.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf reminds us that we should “...always remember—you matter to Him! Just think of it: You are known [personally] and remembered [intimately] by the most majestic, powerful, and glorious Being in the universe! You are loved by the King of infinite space and everlasting time! He sees you as you are, capable and designed to become. May we ever believe, trust, and understand our true eternal worth and potential.”

In his second letter to the Christians at Corinth, Paul encourages the believers: “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. ..We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

No matter what we feel like, no matter how it might appear to us, God’s Word tells us that we matter to Him. We are not unseen. We are His, precious purchases bought with the blood of His Son, visible to all.