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substantial and convincing. How can it be accepted as a fact that there are other armies
and chariots around, more substantial, more powerful, more swift, when the senses cannot
discern them?

Our physical senses were created to comprehend objective, material existence. We were
also created with the ability to comprehend spiritual things. But when sin came in, Satan
all but blinded that spiritual eye. His will was to blind it totally, irretrievably, but God

intervened.

So we see the realities on the lower level-the physical, the material-very well. We view

with clarity the situation around the walls of Dothan. We altogether too often do not lift
our eyes unto the hills and see that they are "full of horses and chariots of fire."

We look with blind eyes at our personal sins, so entrenched, so long with us, so much a
part of our personalities, and see no possibility of their being cast fully from us. We
struggle against them doggedly, hoping that we are making progress.

We hear a call to move away from our mountain, where we have been long enough. But
we view the logistics of the problem and decide it is easier to erect more tents and
strengthen our present stakes.

Meanwhile, God goes marching on. And we shall be left behind if we do not do some
forced marching very soon.

To respond to the question raised at the beginning of this chapter: Does faith block out the
reality, and doubt see it, or is it the other way around?

The physical eye sees the problem. The spiritual eye sees the answer. Doubt, through the
physical eye, sees what to it is reality (Ellen White writes of doubts blinding perception;

see Selected Messages, book 1, p. 28).

Faith, the spiritual eye, pierces through the veil hiding the higher, spiritual reality, and

sees it clearly.

Doubt quakes at the enemy surrounding Dothan. Faith is at peace because of the horses
and chariots of fire.

Perfect faith, as well as perfect love, casteth out fear.

But the spiritual eye sees only by reflected light-light mirrored from the glory reflected in
the face of Jesus Christ. Take that eye off Jesus, and fears rush upon us, dissolving the

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