As I shared in my last post, one of the unexpected blessings I received while worshiping by waving flags is that God often lets me have visions of heaven as I wave. Often the pictures I get include a hand reaching down and pulling me into heaven. Usually I will at least see Jesus seated on his throne, with me worshiping before him. Sometimes I only see me in the picture with Jesus, sometimes it’s me with others who are worshiping and waving flags, and sometimes I see the whole multitude of heaven worshiping. It’s very cool to have this picture as I worship — it makes my worship seem so much more real and relevant.
While I have used the term “vision”, I am somewhat hesitant to use that term or to declare that they are from God. I often wonder if they are just my own imagination. I don’t feel like my mind or my eyes are “taken over” by God, so I feel like I could choose to shut down what I see — to will it to stop — and it would. What I see certainly seems spiritual and seems to have spiritual content, and what I see usually has a very positive impact on my faith, and seems to line up with the Word of God. But the imagery doesn’t seem as strong as ones I read about in the Bible, so I don’t really know with 100 percent certainty they are from God. But by faith I receive them and in faith I have come to believe they are from God.
I know this much: I don’t want to go back to the time when I wasn’t seeing anything! But I also know that I don’t want people to think that I’m somehow special or that I think I am better than them because I sometimes get to see pictures of heaven.
Continue reading “Seeing Visions and Speaking in Tongues: How to Receive More Easily”
“Both Moses and David had become so set apart to God that He seemed to give them exemption from the Law that they might come closer into His presence… The Bible is confusing and contradictory if you think that everything God says and does is an expression of His highest will.”
“Committing to pursue and protect my connection with you means that I will be thinking about how my decisions will affect you while making adjustments accordingly. But managing myself to protect our connection is the ultimate expression of freedom—that is what it means to be a powerful person.”
“Often when you move in power, you may feel the manifestation of God’s presence on you as well as moving through you. When you don’t feel the tangible power and presence of God all over you, you can choose to move in the authority you have as a believer instead. Operating in power is best described as riding a spiritual wave, while operating out of authority is similar to creating a wave… Authority is what opens the door for the power of God to flow through you. If you don’t feel the power of God, you can invite God’s power into the situation by stepping out in the authority that He has given you. Remind yourself who you are and who Christ is in you. Take a step of faith through the authority you have as a believer.”
“Will you be content to go in advance? Will you endure the hardness of a pioneer? Can you bear the ridicule and gibes of your fellowman? Dare you go where the Holy Spirit leads and leave Him to look after the consequences?”