Hello everyone, welcome to another day in this Prophetic Series. I want to believe we have been enjoying it and that the prophetic dimension to your life and ministry are being stirred up. Today, we are looking closely at:
ACTIVATING YOUR SPIRITUAL SENSES AND SHARPENING YOUR DISCERNMENT.
This is a very important aspect of the Christian life and more importantly, the ministry of a Prophet. One major reason a person is regarded as a prophet is because of the ability to see and hear what an average person doesn't know.
Let's talk about senses first of all.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SENSES
Many people including Christians are only aware of the Physical Senses and they think that is where it ends. Well, you will soon find out if they are correct.
For every human being, God's plan is that YOUR SENSES WILL ALWAYS EXIST ON THREE LEVELS;
SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY.
But, sin and alienation from the very Life of God has made most of us to view and judge our lives and other things from the standpoint of the body alone.
We have the FIVE NATURAL SENSES; FOR SEEING, FOR HEARING, FOR TASTING, FOR SMELLING AND FEELING.
Let me shock just in case you don't know before that YOUR SOUL ALSO HAS THE FIVE SENSES THAT PERFORMED THE ABOVE FUNCTIONS. Someone is confused now. Wait, let me explain.
Your Soul is connected to your spirit as well as your body so much so that every action that you perform either naturally or spiritually has effect on your soul.
When you see something for example, it doesn't end there. Those things are stored up in your soul for reference purpose and for the measurement of good and bad as far as that particular thing is concerned. Are you still lost?
Take for example, you can buy a flower for a Lady and the effect of the gift can be abnormal. What do I mean? If the guy that jilted her commenced the relationship by buying Flower, the memory suddenly comes back. Both you and the gift are now viewed in the light of the former person. Hmm! This reaction is about the senses of the soul. The physical senses would have said the flower is beautiful, Whao! I love it. But, the Soulish senses say 'this is the same type of flower that John bought for me before he broke my heart'. Have you gotten it now? Your Soul has the Five Soulish Senses to relate with the Soulish World.
What about my spirit? Are you saying my spirit also have senses? Emphatically Yes.
Proof 1
Heb. 5:14 says 'But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil'.
Notice that the word 'SENSES' is pluralized here. This verse could never have been talking about either the Physical or Soulish Senses. Studying the chapter contextually reveals this. Okay. Are there scriptures apart from this one that buttress this your assertion? Yes.
PROOF 2
A. THE EYES
You see, out of our Five Natural Senses, the eye seem to be the most used sense. You don't really use your sense of taste when you are fasting, but, you use your eyes even more than other Natural Senses. I believe this is one major reason the Bible has more things to say about it than every other. Below are some of the many scriptures that address the Spiritual Eyes:
Eph. 1:17-18, 2 KGS. 6:15-17, Mt. 5:8, 7:1-5, 13:9-16, Mk. 8: 17-18, Luke 4:18.
B. TASTE
The Sons of the prophet were able to discern death in the food that they ate naturally. 2Kgs. 4:40, Eze. 3:1-3, PS. 34:8, Rev. 10:9. God can communicate spiritual realities to us by making our taste bud to have the sense of tasting food. Please, don't bring eating in the dream into this case.
C. SMELL
2 Cor. 2:14. It is used in detecting the kind of spirit present in a place either good or bad. It is the 'I SENSE' spiritual sense. You can smell demons and angels just like you can perceive the odour of a friend of yours even when you haven't seen the person. Angels as well as demons do give off odour. I can give you many examples along this line.
D. TOUCH
Luke 8: 43-46. It is the used for feeling things spiritually. It is mostly used also in Impartation. You see, prophets can know many things about you just by touching you.
Just like your Natural Senses, the Spiritual Sense of Smell, Taste and Touch work/function by proximity. You have to be in the environment of what you want to smell, taste or feel.
E. EAR
Pro. 20:12, Mt. 13:9, 13-16, Rev. 3:6
Both the Seeing and Hearing can happen whether you are close or not.
ACTIVATING YOUR SPIRITUAL SENSES.
God can decide to sovereignly activate any of your spiritual senses to serve its will but, the percent is very small compared to those that had to something to activate it.
Let me stop here today and continue tomorrow.
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