Let There Be Light

Sensing the power and presence of God that surrounds us, and lives within us, is unspeakable and almost incomprehensible. Endeavoring to put into words this reality is an action that seems impossible to verbalize. Dreams are often messages from the Creator that takes us into a realm of spiritual understanding helping us to identify who He is, who we are, and at the same time revealing the unfathomable love he has for us as He invades our lives in the silence of the night.

It is during these special times, when the Holy Spirit joins with our spirit, that His light is able to burst forth conquering our personal fears bringing healing coupled with teaching us truths that open the windows of heaven to divine intervention and communication with the one and only God, who is the Creator of the universe. It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Oh! How true it is. In one message of the night we can learn more about ourselves than we could ever imagine.

As colors burst forth in our dreams with His brilliant light, they become vibrant, full of meanings that enlighten our minds and emotions resulting in an infusion of divine wisdom and guidance. These revelations catapult us into another dimension, a spiritual realm, that is unimaginable… messages that can bring us closer to God‘s spiritual purpose for our lives. In order to truly represent God we must first know Him and that he uses our dreams to reveal who he is, who we are, and what is our spiritual destiny.

The maker of the universe, the all-powerful loving God, who has created us in his image, flows through our hearts and minds in the nighttime hours. He speaks directly through our dreams. He forms a collage of pictures, a tapestry of images, infused with divine light, offering love and intimacy that instills hope, purpose and destiny.

Pastor Mary Ann Kotch
12/11

Did You Hear That?

While thinking about writing this article, I remembered a real-life experience.  As you may be able to tell, looking around my blog, fitness is an integral part of my life.  On one particular day, I was heading out for my daily 5 mile walk, when a thought popped up to “take my umbrella.” 

 

“An umbrella”, I questioned, as there was no sign of rain as I searched the sky.  Can you guess what I didn’t do?  You’re right!  I left home without my umbrella.  Before I could get back home, it started sprinkling, and then it happened.  RAIN!!  I was soaked to the skin by the time I returned home.  Thankfully, it was a late spring day, and the weather was warm.

Have you had “unctions” like this?  Have paid attention to them?  I want to encourage everyone to pay more attention to those unctions.  In my experience, above, I just got wet.  What if it had been an unction to take a different path that might have made the difference in being safe or kidnapped or harmed in some way?  Many times we are unaware that we have taken the path in accordance with unctions.  We may never know how many times we’ve been kept safe until we reach Heaven.

Another name for ‘unctions’ is discernment.   Webster’s defines ‘discernment’ as follows:“the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure.”

In the Bible, discernment  refers to:  “judging, to discern, to examine accurately  or carefully, to inquire, ask questions in general;  to distinguish, decide, judge, in particular: to separate oneself from, exercise discernment;  a distinguishing, discerning clearly—spoken of the act or power. It has the notion of proving a thing whether it is worthy or not.   Able to decide or discern, critical, skilled in judging.  To understand, to know, to see, to hear, to decide, to hesitate, estimation, to approve, to test, discriminating, estimation.

What I want to focus on is the Supernatural Divine Power that we, as Believers in Christ, have available all of the time.  It isn’t anything we “work up.”  It is one of many ways God speaks to us.  Our part is to learn to pay attention to the many ways He speaks.  And, not only to pay attention, learn to be slow in dismissing any unction.  Often, God brings words/suggestions to mind, or a sense of something to take note of, and then our soul:  our mind, our will and our emotions will often kick in and rule over the thought as I did in choosing to forgo grabbing my umbrella.  Everything ‘looked’ normal to me.  The key  is that I LOOKED ( with my natural eyes) and made a natural assessment.  I did not take a moment and ask God for confirmation. 

 

A simple thing for me to have done would have been to ask, “God, is that your direction for me, right now?”  If I had done that, I know that I know, God would have given me an answer and with possibly more insight.  How do I know this?  It’s come from lots and lots of experience.  Many learning experiences like my umbrella story that I didn’t pay attention to, and experienced unpleasant results.  I’m  aware of many near-death situations where I discerned something, but then “I” checked it out with my natural mind, and dismissed those things.  I am very thankful to have been spared many negative “might-have-beens,”  though I have not been spared a lot of pain. I’ve also paid attention to certain unctions and later discovered that it was a good thing that I had.  I avoided some things that could have been very negative. So, I learned, and I continue to learn. 

My desire is to encourage YOU to begin paying closer attention.  Don’t dismiss anything as your own imagination without asking God for His thoughts.   The more you learn, the more you’ll recognize it’s God speaking to you and NOT just your own thoughts.  Perhaps, you will have the sense to take your umbrella and avoid the soaking, unless you LOVE getting wet.