The following series of questions can help you if you are unable to see vision. These questions will help discern the cause of your inability to see, and help you begin receiving.
It shall be in the last days,’ God says,
That I will pour forth of My Spirit on all mankind;
And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
And your young men shall see visions,
And your old men shall dream dreams; (Acts 2:17)
The following series of questions can help you if you are unable to see vision. These questions will help discern the cause of your inability to see,
and help you begin receiving.
Start by establishing if you can “see” at all.
Can you picture your living room couch?
If your answer is yes, go on to “B” below.
If your answer is no, you must discover why you have cut off the visionary capacity. Generally people have done so for one of two reasons: 1) to avoid the sin of lust, or 2) to cut off an unpleasant reoccurring visual scene. If you have done either of these, you need to repent for rejecting and ignoring your visual ability, and pray for God to heal and restore it. You must then receive prayer counseling ministry to heal the issue(s) that led to this decision. Ask yourself: “Was there ever a time in my life that I was able to see visions? If so, at what point did I cut it off? Why?” Pray: “Holy Spirit, please show me any event or any reason I have cut off the visionary capacity in my life.” Tune to flowing thoughts, and respond to what you are receiving by applying the appropriate prayer ministry (e.g., repentance, inner healing, deliverance, renouncing of ungodly vows to no longer see).
B. If you can see your living room couch, then go on to the following:
Can you picture Bible scenes? If so, then do so each time you meditate on the Word. This is a way of strengthening the eyes of your heart.
Can you see Jesus in the biblical scenes? If not, then pray and find out why you have cut off vision of Jesus. This is usually because of teaching that it is wrong to visualize Jesus because it is a graven image. Repent and state the opposite, which is that the Bible teaches that we are to fix our eyes upon Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:1,2).
Now, let’s answer a few questions you may be asking.
First, “
Don’t you limit God by forcing Him to fit into the scene you have set for Him to fill?” The answer is, “Absolutely yes!” Of course God has some flexibility as He takes over the scene which you have set. He can move it to a certain extent in one direction or another. However, if your scene is totally removed from that which God wants to show you, you will find that nothing happens. The scene does not come alive. It remains dead. God is not able to move in it. When this happened to me, my response has been simply to relax and say, “God, how do You want to reveal Yourself in this situation?” With that, God implants a vision through which He can and does move.
A second question is, “
Well then, why don’t you just look for His vision, rather than begin by manufacturing your own?” As I have said before, that works fine for the naturally intuitive and visionary person. However, the one with an atrophied visionary capacity will often need a learning tool to get him started. Once accustomed to vision, he will be able to discard the learning tool, and simply “look” and “see.”
A third question is, “
Are you saying that your manufactured image is a divine vision?” Of course not! My image is my image; God’s supernatural vision is His vision. We never confuse the two. We never say that my “priming of the pump” is God’s vision. It is simply my priming the pump, it is godly imagination. However, when that inner “click” is experienced and the vision moves with a life of its own, flowing from the throne of grace, it then is obviously no longer my own. Now it has become God’s. Mine is mine, and God’s is God’s.
A fourth question is, “
Where does the Bible teach that we are to set the scene ourselves, in order for God to begin flowing in vision?” My response back is, “Where does the Bible say that we are not to set a scene and ask God to fill it?” I do not think there is a clear teaching on either side, which means we will have to marshal some verses that we could interpret as supporting one of these viewpoints.
Another option would be to allow each individual Christian the liberty of working out his own salvation in this area, since there is no absolutely clear biblical teaching on the issue. The closest verses that could conceivably speak against setting a scene are those which speak of avoiding vain imaginations and not setting up any graven images.
