So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight. 

Most Christians have never ‘seen’ the Lord. But by faith we do see Him now. It is by faith that we have this certainty, that there is a glorious Lord, and that in one sense we are ”away” from Him while we live our bodily lives. But one day we will be ”…with Christ” which is ”far better” (Phil 2:23). All this we understand by faith.

”Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” Hebrews.11:1.

The world says, ‘Seeing is believing’, but for a Christian believing is seeing.