“… for we walk by faith, not by sight.” ~2 Cor. 5:7

If anyone follows the NBA or NCAA college basketball or really any basketball, has probably come across the expression:

“He got a look!”

When you hear a commentator yell, “He got a look!”, then the next thing that follows is a “Swish!!!”

What does this expression refer to?

It refers to the fact that if say LeBron James gets the ball and dribbles it past half-court, then at some point, if he gets a good look at the basket and yet turns both head and body away so that he no longer is actually facing the net, then . . . even if he is no longer directly looking at the hoop, he can still shoot the ball and in it goes. All in a split second.

Why?

This is because he got a look. Mentally he knows where the hoop is … he knows where it is because he caught a glimpse of it before with his eyes but now, though turned away, he sees it with the eyes inside his head and so “Jump! Throw! Swish!”

He got a look!

It could be a hook, a reverse layup, a reverse up and under, but its all a swish! The hoop is oriented in his 3D head-space and so he shoots by faith, not by sight.

Faith is like that … Faith is getting a look.

“Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.” The man took Jesus at his word and departed. ~ John 4:50

Its not easy, but it can happen. “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.” (Romans 10:17).  We get our look by reading the Scriptures and then stepping out into our world. Then the dribbling begins.

So, get that look. Live by faith!