The Unseen Realm Part 6

Ephesians 1:3 NKJV

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

Paul stated that God, our Father has blessed us (past tense) with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. That means He has stored up for us everything we need, and some things just to enjoy. They are not hidden from us, but hidden for us. In order to access these blessings and enjoy them in the natural realm, we must get to them in the spirit realm. That means we have to enter the realm of the unseen and bring them into the seen realm by faith. That means we have to seek the Lord – pursue Him, press into our relationship with Him and His Word so our faith can become active and alive. Knowing the Lord is the most wonderful thing we can ever do.  Let us never give up, but keep pressing until we embrace every spiritual blessing that belongs to us.

The Unseen Realm Part 5

Ezekiel 4:3

Moreover take for yourself an iron plate, and set it as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

Ezekiel was an Old Testament priest and prophet. He had to make a model of the city of Jerusalem and construct a wall and use an iron plate, as well as other items to illustrate the message God wanted to convey to the Israelites. It would actually look like a grown man playing with toys. Nevertheless, Ezekiel trusted God and walked in the realm of the unseen. He did as he was told and did not care what people thought about him. 1 Corinthians 1:27 tells us, “But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise…” 1 Corinthians 4:10 says, “We are fools for Christ’s sake…” When you look at the seemingly foolish things Ezekiel did when he obeyed God, you can understand that in order to walk in the realm of the unseen you cannot be concerned about how you look. You may look foolish sometimes when you obey God, but you cannot care what people think, but only what God thinks.

The Unseen Realm Part 4

Esther 4:16 NKJV

[16] "Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish!"

Esther was told by her uncle to approach the king on behalf of the Jews who were sentenced to death by a wicked employee of the king. Esther hesitated because she would be risking her life to do that. Her Uncle Mordecai warned her that refusing to take that chance would not guarantee her own safety. Esther decided to enter the realm of the unseen and put her own life on the line to save her people. Many times we may be challenged with entering the unseen realm due to fear. However, like Esther, we must realize that there is no guarantee that we will be saved ourselves if we fail to fulfill our calling. We must seek God for His will and be willing to say like Esther, "If I perish, I perish." We must be willing to give our all, including laying down our lives for the cause of Christ.

The Unseen Realm Part 3

Ezekiel 1:1 NKJV

[1] Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the River Chebar, that the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

The prophet Ezekiel was in the seen realm when he suddenly got a glimpse of the unseen realm. It appeared as though the heavens opened and he could see God. He couldn't really see God with his physical eyes but he did see him with his spiritual eyes. We don't have to be a prophet to see in the unseen realm. We just need to live by faith. As we practice living by faith, which means living as if the unseen realm is real, we will have encounters like Ezekiel did. It doesn't mean we will see the same things he saw, but it does mean we will contact the unseen realm with our spiritual senses. We will hear, see, feel, taste or smell things that are not of this world. We have spiritual (unseen) senses just like we have physical senses. If we don't know this we could have divine encounters and not benefit from them. How many times have people said "Something told me..." Because they were not aware of their ability to have contact with the unseen realm, they did not understand that God was speaking to them. Often times, this lack of knowledge caused them to make wrong decisions. The more we understand the reality of the unseen realm, the better our chances of experiencing encounters with God's supernatural world that will benefit us.

The Unseen Realm Part 2

Romans 8:24-26 NKJV

For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.

Paul talks to the church at Rome about the hope we have relative to the complete redemption of our bodies. He discusses the principle of hope. He said we only have hope because we believe in something we do not see. We do not hope for what we see because we see it already. Our hope is for what we do not see with our natural eyes. However, we can see it with our spiritual eyes as we wait for it to manifest in the physical realm. So, if there is something we need from the Lord (from the spiritual realm), we must keep hope alive. Faith cannot be released until we first have hope. Faith will stop if we let go of hope. Faith and hope are partners. We cannot get anything by faith without hope. Our hope cannot produce for us without faith. So, whatever we need, let us see it being ours in the spiritual realm, and add faith to hope until it is manifested in the natural realm.

The Unseen Realm

I plan to walk more in the realm of the unseen in the year 2017. Let's learn together how we can do this. First, we must be aware that we have 2 sets of eyes.

2 Corinthians 4:18 NKJV

while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

The apostle Paul encouraged the Corinthian Christians as he talked about the things he and others suffered while in the service of Christ. In the verse above, he spoke about the seen and the unseen. He said that believers in Jesus should look at the unseen instead of what they could see. How can we look at what we do not see? Because we have 2 sets of eyes – eyes we can see in a mirror and touch, and eyes we cannot see or touch. We look at the natural things we can see with our physical eyes. We look at the things we cannot see with our physical eyes by using our spiritual eyes. When we close our physical eyes, we can focus our spiritual eyes to see what God said in His Word. Why do we want to do that? Because the things we see in the natural world are temporary – subject to change, while the things we see by the Word and the Holy Spirit with our spiritual eyes are eternal – not subject to change. Eternal things have the ability to change the temporary things.  Also, staying focused on eternal things helps us endure the trials of earth which are temporary. We will one day move beyond this world, out of our perishable bodies, into an eternal world with non-perishable bodies. It will be worth it all when we get to the other side.