You want to see the phenomena of Heaven.. READ ON! Guaranteed... YOU WILL SEE!

I was in Genesis a couple of days ago and it was the story of Hagar that most attracted my attention.

Today in the Devotional that Stir The Water does Monday mornings, I put up the optical illusion of the old woman and the young woman.

The question is as always, What do you see?

So many times when people in my sphere of expression talk about the spiritual senses the temptation is to go thoroughly ethereal. I can no longer just do that. Sure is it exciting to talk about seeing into the unseen reality? Absolutely!

Do we get as excited to see, I mean really see, one another? If we each are an expression of the image of our God, than isn't it a marvelous and stunning opportunity that we get to see each other daily and interact with an expression of the image of God on a moment to moment basis.

Or are we products of our culture and we just want to be titillated and intrigued by the mysterious spiritual unseen realities. Do we just want to be entertained or captivated so much so that we put our senses in overdrive even in the spirit. “Entertain me,” we say, to any would be prophet, and the would be prophet takes the bait for their so-called “15 minutes of fame.”

I walk in the spheres of the seers. I have momentary and not so momentary expressions and experiences of the kingdom of Heaven and the reality of the Lord upon the earth, or within the spirit. Just as powerful, is that I am growing in learning how to see others and allow myself to be seen, both by God and man. Just as powerful can I see the smile on my daughters face and delight in her joy. See in her joy the joy of our God!

Do we have eyes to see? Do we want to see what our Father sees?

A first step is to open our eyes to that which is around us already!

What do we take for granted?

What AREN'T we seeing? What aren't we seeing that is upon the Father's heart that we see.

When the demons submitted to 72,and the 72 came back to report to Jesus... the 72  were told to rather rejoice that their names were written in the Lamb's book of life. You want to see? You want to see the lights, and angels and phenomena of Heaven?

Right now! I mean it .. TODAY! Look to your left and look to your right... That is the most prized phenomena of Heaven that you could ever see! Look into the mirror! YOU! You are the most prized Heavenly phenomena that can be seen....

Read the stories of Hagar.

A foreigner, in a foreign land... not wanted. Despised. What does she experience?

Her confession becomes in Genesis 16:13, “You are the God who see.” Do you need to know that reality today? Then a beautiful moment between her and the Lord happens further into her life after Isaac is born and she is fully sent away. Are you experiencing rejection? Are you struggling thinking that you or your offspring have reached the end of life? Are you feeling forsaken?

You need your eyes open to whatever wells of water the Lord has for you! Because there are those wells....

In Genesis 21:15-19, we read how the water was gone from the wine skin and Hagar thought that she and Ishmael were going to die. Verse 19 starts, “Then God opened her eyes...” Do you need the Lord to open your eyes to what provision is before you? Provision for friendship, provision for life, provision from Him!

The power of having people in our lives that truly see us is immense.

Let us in our hunger to have eyes to see not just look upward towards the heavens but horizontally and have eyes and hearts of courage and compassion...