The Holy Spirit this morning in my communion time with Him emphasized to me the reason why we need to look to Him for insight and understanding in life. He spoke of us not relying on our own understanding which is limited to the earthly realm.

Proverbs.3:5 says: Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. The key phrase in this passage is lean not or trust not your own version of the event, but acknowledge that the Lord has a broader view of things that you are unable to see into which show a completely different viewpoint from your limited scope.

Well today the Holy Spirit wants you to see from the revealed word the viewpoint of the Lord as revealed from the book of Revelation of how God sees and looks at things versus our limitation in sight. Jesus always said let him that has eyes to see let him see and he who has ears to hear let him hear what the Spirit is saying which goes beyond our natural eyes and ears because we all have them to view things in the natural realm.

In Revelation.4:6 it reads these words: Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. Now look at the living creatures and their characteristics: full of eyes plural in front and behind.

They see ahead to lead and guide the way forward but also see from behind also to cover every possible incident that could arise after moving forward all at the same time. We on the other hand can only visualize what we focus on whether ahead or behind at a given point. Very limited and that is why we cannot lean on it.

However there is still more to the scope from which the Lord sees which I am going to share now. In Revelation.4:8a it says: The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. Again the four living creatures were full of eyes this time around and within pointing out they are seeing events with multiple eyes all around every situation and within the situation, so no part of anything is missing from their sight.

They have absolutely no blind side which is what we as humans have which hinders and hampers us because we could not see into that area but have to make presumptions on what can be seen in there.

The Lord however makes no presumption on facts. He knows the full picture and that’s why we need His input on all things no matter how promising they look from the natural to make the right choice. That is why God says in Jeremiah.29:10: I know the thoughts I think towards you, thoughts of good not evil to give you a hope a future and an expected end. There is a way that looks/seems right to man or in our sight but the end is destruction.

We as humans do not see the full picture so we can therefore be easily deceived and that is why we cannot lean on our own understanding but must trust and rely on the insight of the Holy Spirit.

I remember clearly the day the Holy Spirit revealed this truth to me from the book of Revelation and said the man John receiving this truth was accustomed to leaning on the bosom of Jesus. So you can imagine how stunned he was when he saw Jesus in His glorious body to the point of falling to the ground as a dead man seeing his resurrected Master in His glory. John needed Jesus, His Master, to pick him up to enable him to understand this new realm of glory where Jesus is.

From that day I knew that anything I needed to know in the Spirit would require me to have insight from the Holy Spirit or else I would come short of understanding because of my lack of full sight. So I made up my mind to trust the Holy Spirit and His full analysis of every situation rather than what it looked like to me. I can assure you that He has never been wrong because He sees the complete picture and I choose to believe Him more than my study and knowledge which are limited.

Now the book of Revelation is the unveiling of Jesus and who He is from where He is now seated in glory not of who He was on earth. Even John who had experienced Him in the earthly realm when he gets to see Jesus in His brand new revealed state and His position of glory. John is forced by His overwhelming glory to adapt to change from his limited perspective of Jesus by embracing the new reality of who Jesus is at present in glory. He could no longer rely on His earthly relationship with Jesus to experience Heaven on earth in the present sphere of glory.

Each time I spend meditating on the book of Revelation my eyes open up to new facets of who Jesus is and the greater scope of His authority which makes me more capable to overcome and win more triumphs in situations because I have greater understanding of truth which Jesus pointed out the Holy Spirit would lead us into that we might be free to walk in the power and authority of Jesus. John.16:12-15.

Today having received these words may the grace to see further and deeper in the Spirit from the Lord’s perspective become your portion. May you have a much clearer understanding of the will of the Lord for your life as you are ushered into walking in the path Jesus has prepared for you rather than paths you think or have imagined which only bring failure.

I pray today that the inner depths of your heart will open up to clearer insight from the Lord which gives you the whole picture of things rather than little snippets that encourage pride of knowledge. These have the tendency to rob you of God results because you are living on presumption rather than real faith and truth which bring freedom.

Have a wonderful day of exploration and discovery of the reasons why you have missed out on so much because you did not see the full spiritual picture. Then watch how the Holy Spirit brings you out of these blocks and leads you on forward in victory with full clarity in Jesus’ name. Amen.