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“So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight.”
— 2 Corinthians 5:6–7
That is the central declaration in this song. Everything else in the lyrics is an unfolding of that one reality: the life that pleases God is a life lived by faith, not by sight. Not by feelings. Not by outward appearances. Not by circumstances. By faith.
Hebrews 11:1 gives us the classic definition of faith:
> “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”
Faith deals with things you cannot see, cannot touch, cannot prove by your senses. Faith is the link between the unseen, eternal realm and the visible, temporal realm.
This song weaves together several key scriptures:
Taken together, they form one strong message: the believer can live with unshakable confidence in a shaking world, because God is faithful, and faith lays hold of that faithfulness.
Let us look at what the Word of God says, and then learn how to walk this out in daily life.
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### 2.1 2 Corinthians 5:6–7 — Paul’s Perspective of Life and Death
2 Corinthians is one of Paul’s most personal letters. He writes as a man who has suffered much: afflictions, persecutions, pressures within and without. In chapter 4 he has just described being:
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