Your Spiritual Senses and the Rest of the Lord

One of the messages that the Lord has impressed upon my heart to trumpet at this hour is the importance of hearing God and becoming diligent to enter into the fullness of the rest of the Lord. Hearing the voice of the Lord clearly is perhaps the most important key to entering into the rest of the Lord. You must develop your ability to hear what God is saying to you personally. We must also hone our spiritual senses so that we can “see” what the Lord is showing us. This is of course the manifestation of the seer operation in our lives. Remember, Jesus only did those things that He saw His Father doing (see John 5:19). I believe that sometimes in the Kingdom of Heaven it can be both/and. The Lord is seeking to both speak to you and show you important things. God is revealing hidden treasures within His Kingdom to His friends at this hour. This is a dynamic of the seer anointing.

Developing these two aspects of your spiritual senses is absolutely critical today. Hearing what God is saying to you and seeing what God is leading you to do are perhaps the most important keys and basic elements to entering into the rest of the Lord. Therefore, I want to highlight several things that the Lord has revealed to me recently about our spiritual senses. At times we can allow our vain imaginations to run wild. As a result, we can turned small harmless issues into giants in our lives. As we seek the Lord God will speak to us clearly and gave us His wisdom concerning how to fight our personal battles.

Judge Prophesy

We need to be diligent to enter into the rest of the Lord. We need to trust the Lord and build our house on the Rock. It is possible that great storms may come and that we will need to make preparations. However, it is also very important that we seek to hear the voice of the Lord clearly for ourselves. That is the best course of action. Listen to the prophets, but judge each prophetic word individually. Prophecy should only confirm what God has already spoken or placed into your spirit. Allow the Holy Spirit to guide you and lead you as you learn to be led by Him. This is a better way. Develop your ability to hear the Lord for yourself as these dark and evil storms approach. Do not allow fear generated by prophetic words to transform you into a “doomsday prepper.” Rather, allow the Spirit of God to speak to you and guide your steps (see Psalm 119:133).

As I waited upon the Lord on the Day of Atonement, the Lord spoke to me about these matters. I want to reiterate what Jesus said to me. “This dark storm is a lot like that. People believe that it is going to be overpowering, but ‘I have overcome the world’ [John 16:33]. I have overcome the storm. Even though many of My people believe the lies of the enemy, he is defeated. I quickly overcome and calm the approaching darkness and storm [see Mark 4:39]. However, it is imperative that My people keep their eyes focused upon Me in the midst of the storm.

“There are many people today who know about Me, but they do not know Me. Just like My disciples continued to cower in fear even after I came into the boat with them, so do these people cower in fear from the storm [see Mark 4:36-41]. Like My disciples, they do not know Me yet. Therefore, they must begin to learn My ways. ‘My yoke is easy and My burden is light’ [Matthew 11:30]. Just like the snowstorm that was prophesied failed to come as expected, so too shall this dark storm fail to manifest as many people believe and teach. Just like the snowstorm came in the spring and then quickly melted, so shall this dark and evil storm melt away with little or no effect for those whose eyes are focused upon Me.”

Hear and Obey

We must learn to hear the voice of God and then obey His instructions. We must learn to see what the Lord is doing and then do only those things. Perhaps the Lord will lead you to prepare for the end times by gathering and hording supplies and learning how to grow potatoes and mushrooms. If the Lord shows you to do these things, then by all means be obedient. However, make sure that you are not motivated by fear. Make sure that you are being diligent in your work because the Lord is leading you by faith. It is a season to begin to develop your spiritual senses. In this way you can avoid being distracted. We can resist the enemy and avoid being pushed on to the wrong track by the devil through fear and deception (see James 4:7). However, we must be diligent to cultivate our ability to hear the voice of God.

Hebrews 5:14 tells us that “solid food[the hidden or mysterious principles or weightier matters of God’s Kingdom] belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil” (emphasis added). We can grow and mature our spiritual senses in the same way that a weight lifter builds his biceps as we use our spiritual senses seeking to comprehend the spiritual elements of the Kingdom of God. This will enable us to discern between good and evil, between the profane and the holy. Understanding how to rightly discern between good and evil will be very important in the coming days. We can no longer live our lives by allowing others to hear God for us. We need to receive divine directions for our lives directly from God’s throne of mercy and grace. We need to exercise our spiritual senses to develop Godly discernment.

The Lord has endowed or given everyone spiritual senses. Some people have just worked a little harder to develop their ability to see and hear what God is doing and saying. They can hear God at a higher level than some others. But it is God’s heart for all of His people to see and hear what He desires for them without question. The Apostle Paul understood this and teaches us about our spiritual senses:

[I] do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all (Ephesians 1:16-23, emphasis added).

The Apostle Paul prays this apostolic prayer for “the eyes of your understanding” to be enlightened. We all have a “knowing” released to us by the Holy Spirit. This “supernatural knowledge” could also be defined as the gift of discerning of spirits or the seer anointing. This anointing of the seer realm will often work in symphony with the unction of the Holy Spirit. The we can learn to walk in Godly discernment that is tempered by the Love of God. When we exercise our spiritual senses, we can develop our ability to see and hear what God wants to show us at a specific time in a specific place. This is one aspect of chronological obedience.

When Paul says “the eyes of your understanding,” he is not referring to our natural eyes or eyesight. Paul is referring to the eye of the soul or spirit or our supernatural vision. The word translated “understanding” can mean deep thought, supernatural thought or mind, to have the mind of God, to have the mind of the Spirit of God, and/or to have or experience the mind of Christ. Paul desired for people to understand that we have a spiritual inheritance and spiritual nature that we can step into. We need to understand our true nature in Christ. We have the mind of Christ. When the eyes of our understanding are opened, we begin to appreciate and comprehend who we really are in Christ Jesus. We learn to see and hear God clearly.

When the eyes of our understanding are activated, we can begin to see and enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. When we begin to enter into the realms of heaven, we can begin to appropriate the power and authority that is our heavenly inheritance. Our spiritual senses allow us to be transformed into the likeness of Christ Jesus and activated into the seer anointing just like Jesus. Jesus was a seer. The Lord saw and heard what the Father was doing: “The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner” (John 5:19). Our spiritual senses enable us to step into the spiritual or heavenly dimensions where our supernatural inheritance is waiting for us. Your spiritual senses or the seer anointing are an element of your very being.

We are creatures created by God in His image with a spirit, soul, and body. We are created in God’s image to “see.” You are created to live and breathe in the seer anointing just like Jesus. Our five physical senses are the operation of our body, flesh, or carnal self. The eyes of our understanding or spiritual senses are the part of our spirit that can comprehend things that are present in the spiritual realms or dimensions in a similar fashion that our eyes, ears, nose, skin, and tongue perceive elements and phenomenon from the natural realm. Spiritual senses operate in the spiritual realm the way our five carnal senses detect elements in the natural realm. Our spiritual senses perceive elements and phenomenon from the spirit or heavenly dimensions.

Our spiritual senses enable us to enter into the spirit or heavenly places. They help us to enter into the fullness of the rest of the Lord. When the eyes of our understanding or spiritual senses are activated, we begin to experience life through our spirit and that part of our being becomes dominant in terms of perception. This can last for a few seconds or it can last for days as we learn how to "walk in the spirit" (Galatians 5:16; Romans 8:1, 4). This is also learning to be diligent to enter into the fullness of the rest of the Lord.

A verse in 1 Thessalonians can help you to understand your spiritual DNA. And this understanding can also help you to develop your ability to hear the Lord clearly. Let’s look at this passage: “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:23). In this scripture the Apostle Paul is sharing several important and elementary truths from the Kingdom of God. He is speaking about the wonderful operation of the Holy Spirit that can work for us to sanctify our lives as we submit to Him. In addition to this, Paul also outlines our spiritual makeup or composition. We are created by God “in His own image” (Genesis 1:27). God is a triune Being. This aspect of God’s nature is commonly called the Trinity—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Since we are created by the Creator in His Image, we also have a triune nature.

Paul spells this part of our spiritual DNA out in the above scripture by saying, “May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless.”Your spirit, soul, and body comprise your nature. Since you are created in God’s very image, we have three parts—a spirit, a soul, and a body. I want to look at these because it will help you to understand how the Creator of the heavens and earth can speak to you. Let’s look at the soul and body first. In this passage the word for “body” comes from the Greek word soma. Soma literally means the body or flesh. But in this context, it also means a perfectly healthy body or a body that is in subjection to the Spirit of God. Your body is your flesh, and once you are born from above or born again, the Holy Spirit comes and indwells your flesh. We can choose to allow the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, to guide us and lead us. Just as He led Jesus, the Spirit of God can lead us by His Spirit through the ministry of the Holy Spirit (see Matthew 4:1; Luke 4:1; Romans 8:14; Galatians 5:18). God often speaks to you Spirit to spirit.

Your soul is another of the three parts of your spiritual nature. In the above passage, the word for “soul” comes from the Greek word psuche. Psuche literally means breath or spirit and is commonly translated soul. You have a soul which is made up of your mind, will, and emotions. Psuche is the root for the word psychology. As human beings, we are often led by our intellect and our minds. This is the most prevalent characteristic of our soul. Our personalities are derived from our soul. The science of psychology seeks to help people by dealing with emotional issues associated with the mind and soul. As we learn to rest in the Lord, we allow our minds to come into subjection to our recreated spirits. When this happens, we will be led more by our spirits than our minds, will, and emotions. Our spirits will become dominant in terms of perception, and at this point the Lord can speak to us more readily and clearly.

The Creator will speak to the creature Spirit to spirit, and we will begin to develop our ability to hear God and to be led by the Holy Spirit in our daily lives. This is why learning to hear the voice of God is so important to entering into the rest of the Lord. For most people, our flesh and our souls (mind, will, and emotions) are the driving forces of our actions. Our bodies get hungry and require food and shelter. So, most our actions on a daily basis are geared to meet these physiological needs. Our minds and intellects also drive our actions, and the combination of these two aspects of our nature (soul and flesh) is the guiding force in most of our lives.

However, the Lord desires that we turn our natures inside out and allow our recreated spirits to guide and to lead us day by day, minute by minute, hour by hour. This comes by being diligent and developing our spirit’s ability to recognize the Spirit of God when He speaks, nudges, or leads us. This is a learning curve and may take some time. However, when we submit to the Lord in this recreation of our spiritual nature, He is faithful to help us develop our spiritual senses as we exercise them by reason of use (see Hebrews 5:14). In this way, we learn to hear the Lord clearly. As we learn to hear God more clearly and learn to be led by His Spirit consistently, we are being diligent to enter into the rest of the Lord.

We will begin to understand that we can pass through the heavenly realms or dimensions to seek revelation, authority, and power from the very throne of God. God will begin to speak to us as a man does with a friend. In other words, we will begin to minister in the anointing or the mantle of Melchizedek. That mantle or anointing consists of operating in the seer anointing and learning to live, breathe, and walk in the anointing of the Holy Spirit twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. We will live in the realm of the seer anointing, and we will become seers or mature sons and daughters of God who will hear the Lord well at all times.

We will be transformed into Christlikeness, and then we will represent Christ in our sphere of influence and become a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. We will have the ability to recognize aspects from the spiritual realm; and as the Lord allows and gives us grace, we will actually demonstrate the ability to pass through the heavens and enter into the very presence of God and into the realms or dimensions of heaven just like Christ. Once we learn to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, then we will understand how to manifest the Kingdom of God upon the earth. This is what Jesus did.

It is possible for each of us to mature and to “grow up” into the very nature and character of Jesus Christ. As we submit to this refining fire and ministry of the Holy Spirit, we will begin to see our very nature transformed. Our three-part or triune nature will begin to be turned inside out. Instead of being ruled and led by our soul and our flesh, we can be changed in a moment and in the twinkle of an eye. We will begin to see that we will be led by our “real self” or our spirit man (or woman).

We can develop our ability to be led by the Spirit of God. We see this in Romans 8:14: “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.” As children of God, our spirits can become dominant for segments of time. Our spirit can become dominant for a few seconds. Our spirit can become dominate, in terms of perception, for a few minutes or even a few days. That is what I believe happened to me during the season that I experienced the visions and was allowed to enter into the heavenly realms that are documented in this book.

When this process begins to accelerate in our lives, we will begin to perceive attributes of the spiritual realm much more clearly than we did when we were driven by our carnal mind, intellect, soul, and flesh in terms of our perception. We will begin to perceive the spiritual realm in a much greater way; and the eyes of our spiritual understanding will be enlightened, opened, or anointed to see, hear, taste, touch, smell, and enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. This has been called the seer anointing.

Of course, Jesus was our role model for this. I have outlined this aspect of Christ’s mission and ministry on the earth in great detail in the second book of my trilogy, Dancing with Angels 2: The Role of the Holy Spirit and Open Heavens in Activating Your Angelic Encounters. I cannot possibly share all of the material covered in that book, so I encourage you to get the book and read it. Read the book more than one time. Read the passages in the Bible that were written by seer prophets. Read Ezekiel, John’s Book of Revelation, and the Book of Daniel. By doing these things, it will help you to exercise and activate your spiritual senses by reason of use.

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