"A Higher Level"

"...Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne." Revelation 4:1b,2

God is calling His people to come up to a higher place- a place in the Spirit. It is imperative (and I stress "imperative" because if we don't it can be dangerous to our spiritual and physical well being). It is imperative that we do this (get in the Spirit) in light of the days in which we are living.

Because we contact this world through our physical senses it is easy to judge what we see and what we hear according to the natural scheme of things. It is so easy to allow what we see and hear in the natural to dictate and govern our emotions, our choices, our way of thinking. If we look at the events that are happening around us from a worldly, natural perspective instead of from a higher perspective- God's perspective, a kingdom perspective- we will make decisions and live our lives based on fear instead of faith, personal preference instead of Godly conviction, and fleshly desires instead of Godly values.

John had to go up to a different "level" (a spiritual level) in order to see things as they really are and will be. God could not show him what he needed to see as long as he was still on the "earthly" level because the things He showed him were "spiritual" and could not be received or understood by the physical. "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." (1 Cor. 2:14)

If we are living on an "earthly" level- judging after appearance, dictated by fear, walking after the lusts and desires of the flesh, living by sight instead of by faith, putting our hope and confidence in man instead of in God, believing the reports of the world instead of God's word, not decreasing and allowing God to increase and take control of our mind, will, emotions, spirit, soul, heart and body-- then we are carnally minded instead of spiritually minded.

Are you living on a spiritual level- allowing God's Holy Spirit to govern your entire life, or are you still living on a carnal level- allowing your flesh (your own desires) to rule? One gives life, the other brings death. If we are carnally minded, then it's time to repent and "come up hither" to a spiritual level-- "For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace." (Romans 8:6)

Have a great day. You just cannot see clearly on a carnal level... you have to come up to a spiritual level where you can see and understand things from God's perspective.