A SIMPLE LESSON IN INTERPRETATION:
LISTEN TO THE ENVIRONMENT
OF A VISION
VISION 8/11/09: I was on a basketball court
standing directly underneath a basketball hoop. I was
looking up and expecting to catch the basketball.
When we have visions, it is always helpful to adopt the
environment surrounding the vision so that we can
understand the vision better. As I pondered the vision I
knew the basketball game was important to understanding
the vision. Because of this:
1.I knew
what season we were in.
2.I knew
what I was supposed to do right now.
3.I knew
what I would be doing immediately after.
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HOW DID I KNOW THE ABOVE?
Before you read my answer, take time to ponder the
basketball game and the vision I had and you should be
able to answer those questions. This is a simple
lesson, but powerful because so often we may only
receive one small sentence or one small picture from the
Lord and as we ponder them, we realize they contain much
more wealth than we realize.
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ANSWER TO QUESTION:
1.The
environment is a basketball game. We are in a fast paced
game where we are opposing the enemy from fulfilling
their goals and we are carrying the Word of God to its
goal. Basketball usually starts in the fall and so
I understand there is a change coming and I am to look
forward to this with anticipation.
2.I am
waiting underneath the hoop for the Word of God to come
through the chute. I am in a standing position,
expecting and believing for the Word of the Lord to be
sent from heaven. This is waiting on God, but one where
I am not at rest, but spending energy to stand in
expectation. Whenever we are asked to stand it means we
are suffering opposition.
Eph 6:13 NKJV
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you
may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having
done all, to stand.
3.After I
catch the Word, I will be running with the ball to the
other end of the court. Carrying a ball is to carry
the Word of God through prayer. It may be my place only
to pray over the Word and then hand if off to another to
dispatch the Word by throwing it to the hoop.
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WHY IS THIS INFORMATION HELPFUL?
Because if I am not hearing much right now, I could be
wondering what is wrong with me. Have I missed it
somehow? Am I in the right place in God? Have I grieved
Him?
But suddenly I am aware that the Lord understands the
opposition, He is hearing my earnest prayers to hear and
see more. And I realize I am not to change positions,
but to continue to stand in place and wait on God for
Him to send me His Word through that "chute"!
Another
name for "chute" could be porthole.
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INTERESTING SCRIPTURE MEANING PORTHOLE:
Rev 4:1 nkjv
After these things I looked, and behold, a door
{2374} standing open in heaven. And the first voice
which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me,
saying, "Come up here, and I will show you things which
must take place after this."
NT:2374
NT:2374 thura (thoo'-rah); apparently a primary word
[compare "door"]; a portal or entrance (the opening or
the closure, literally or figuratively):
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Words from the The Quickened Word are excerpts from the journals of Sandy Warner. To
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