Focus on Jesus
We must trust Jesus as our Savior, and we must also focus on him and follow him. He is our supreme model of doing God's will, in seeing the unseen. After Hebrews tells of Moses and other heroes of faith, it says, "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:2). 

Moses was in many ways a great model of faith, but a man greater than Moses has come. Jesus gave up far more than Moses. Jesus didn't just leave the palace of Egypt; he left the throne room of heaven. He faced far greater suffering and shame than Moses. Jesus endured the torture of crucifixion and God's wrath against all the sin of the whole world. But he saw the unseen. He saw his Father's plan to save his people and glorify him in their salvation. Jesus saw a future triumph greater than that of Moses: Moses led one nation out of Egypt to their promised land; Jesus would rescue people of all nations from sin and hell and bring them to eternal joy in heaven. Jesus saw this
unseen future, and it gave him such joy that he accepted the cross, enduring the suffering and scorning the shame. And sure enough, after the cross came his resurrection and ascension to heaven. Jesus returned to his rightful place with God, with the added joy of bringing countless people with him into God's joy. 

Faith has its own way of seeing. Faith sees not with the eye but with the heart. Faith sees not just what is happening now but how things will turn out in the end. Faith sees not just people around us but God above us. And faith bases its decisions and desires on what it sees.
Do you see with a heart of faith? Are you looking ahead to your reward? Do you see him who is invisible? Do you choose to be mistreated with God's people, rather than enjoy sin's pleasures for a short time? Do you, like Moses, regard disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than worldly treasures? Are you living by faith in Jesus? pray that you can say with Scripture, "This is the victory that has overcome the world,
even our faith" (1 John 5:4).