Seeing Divine Visions

When it comes to supernatural experiences, our only part is faith in action. God does the rest. Though none of us have the ability to, by our own will and effort, bring about divine visions, we can position ourselves to become more spiritually keen - surrendered.

Looking to Scripture, we see how visions become more likely.

#1 Paul was praying 

Paul was in a deep place of prayer when he received his vision from the Lord.

“After I returned to Jerusalem, I was praying in the Temple and fell into a trance. I saw a vision of Jesus saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem, for the people here won’t accept your testimony about me.’ “‘But Lord,’ I argued, ‘they certainly know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those who believed in you. And I was in complete agreement when your witness Stephen was killed. I stood by and kept the coats they took off when they stoned him.’ “But the Lord said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles!’” The crowd listened until Paul said that word. Then they all began to shout, “Away with such a fellow! He isn’t fit to live!” (Acts 22:17-22)

Paul’s vision from the Lord brought clear instructions for Paul’s journey. 

#2 John was worshipping 

John was focused on simply adoring the Lord when his vision came about - a vision which became the book of Revelation.

I, John, am your brother and your partner in suffering and in God’s Kingdom and in the patient endurance to which Jesus calls us. I was exiled to the island of Patmos for preaching the word of God and for my testimony about Jesus. It was the Lord’s Day, and I was worshiping in the Spirit. Suddenly, I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet blast. It said, “Write in a book everything you see, and send it to the seven churches in the cities of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.” When I turned to see who was speaking to me, I saw seven gold lampstands. And standing in the middle of the lampstands was someone like the Son of Man. He was wearing a long robe with a gold sash across his chest. (Revelation 1:9-13)

Revelation can come through divine visions, as we see in the case of John.

#3 Isaiah was serving 

Isaiah was simply doing as he should have been doing - serving, living right, walking in the ways of God. It was this simple and seemingly mundane routine of living that positioned him to glimpse the glory through a divine vision.

It was in the year King Uzziah died that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple. Attending him were mighty seraphim, each having six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. They were calling out to each other, “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies! The whole earth is filled with his glory!” Their voices shook the Temple to its foundations, and the entire building was filled with smoke. Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.” Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. He touched my lips with it and said, “See, this coal has touched your lips. Now your guilt is removed, and your sins are forgiven.” Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me.” (Isaiah 6:1-8)

We mustn’t neglect the simplicity of right living and faithfulness. Such living can help to position you for supernatural experiences. 

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My Dream of Heaven

I must clarify up front that I make no claim to have visited Heaven. I was not translated, and I did not die. Nor would I classify what I saw as a vision. I am simply sharing with you a dream I had, and, if my dream was at all indicative of what we might experience of Heaven, we have much to expect.

This dream, unlike any other I had ever before dreamed, was astonishingly vivid, and I, while experiencing the dream, was unusually cognitive.

It went like this:

The first thing I can remember is that I was suddenly standing upon the fine, almost powder-like, white sands of a beach that stretched out for miles in both directions. The sand was warm and was met by the waves of a clear, light-blue ocean. There was such a clarity to the water that I was able to see under its surface. As I looked into the ocean’s gentle waves, I could see perfect castle-like formations of coral reefs. There were reefs of multiple different colors, though I mostly saw reds and yellows. Swimming through and around those formations were fish that were just as colorful. Their scales were decorated with reflective patches, patterned in a deliberate manner. The reflective shimmers, bright and multicolored, resembled those of L.E.D. lighting – the tiny bulbs you would find in modern day fixtures.

As I stood there mesmerized by the lively underwater scene, I felt a breeze move passed me. It was cool enough to be refreshing without causing me any discomfort. At that moment, I looked up at the blue sky filled with white billows of clouds. I can’t really explain this, but the sky seemed so much larger than in real life. And the sky, like the water, was also very clear. Though it was daytime, I could see faint displays of stars, colorful galaxies, shining through the sky. That display, in particular, was so awesome that is was borderline terrifying.

My attention was then called back to the shore on which I stood, and my eyes came to be fixed on a large house that was set on the far end of a peninsula. The peninsula was made a large black rocks – rocks that looked polished and were set in an orderly fashion. And on the rocks was an elongated field of vividly green grass.

The moment my attention was drawn to the house, I was in it, as if I traveled by thought. The house was three stories, furnished with modern fixtures and materials. The bottom floor had a window through which I could look out directly into the ocean. I saw two whale swim by. (To hear the end of my dream, click here)

If Heaven gives even a small amount of the joy I felt in my dream, it will be wonderful. Heaven, the realm of God’s manifested glory, has been promised by Jesus Himself.

“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. And you know the way to where I am going.” - John 14:1-4

Believer, we have a great hope, the hope of Heaven. As you go about the rest of your week, I want you to be mindful of the beauty, the glory that is to come. For if you call Jesus Lord, then you call Heaven your home.

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Keep Dreaming

“One night Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him more than ever. ‘Listen to this dream,’ he said. ‘We were out in the field, tying up bundles of grain. Suddenly my bundle stood up, and your bundles all gathered around and bowed low before mine!’ His brothers responded, ‘So you think you will be our king, do you? Do you actually think you will reign over us?’ And they hated him all the more because of his dreams and the way he talked about them.” - Genesis 37:5-8

God gave a dream to Joseph. Joseph shared that dream, and his brothers hated him for it.

Have you ever been hated, disliked or disdained because of the dream that God has given to you? Have you ever been misunderstood because of the favor upon your life? People label the passionate as “ambitious”, the faith-filled as “arrogant” and the dreamers as “crazy”. Not everyone is going to like you. Not everyone is going to believe that you are genuine. Regardless, do what God has called you to do.

You don’t have to explain yourself when you’re obeying God. In fact, even if you tried to explain yourself, there are some people who are just committed to believing the worst about you. Whether it’s because of jealousy or disagreement, some people will not be for you no matter what. Regardless, hold onto the dream.

To this day, Joseph is criticized. I’ve heard many preachers remark that Joseph should have kept his mouth closed. However, it was the sharing of the dream that ultimately positioned Joseph to fulfill it, even if the circumstances weren’t necessarily ideal. So do what God has called you to do, keep your heart right, stay focused and let God be the One to vindicate you. Hold onto the dream. It will come to pass.

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