Interpreting the Environment

July 5, 2020

A SIMPLE LESSON IN INTERPRETATION: LISTEN TO THE ENVIRONMENT OF A VISION

VISION 8/11/09: I was on a basketball court standing directly underneath a basketball hoop. I was looking up and expecting to catch the basketball.

When we have visions, it is always helpful to adopt the environment surrounding the vision so that we can understand the vision better. As I pondered the vision I knew the basketball game was important to understanding the vision. Because of this:

I knew what season we were in.
I knew what I was supposed to do right now.
I knew what I would be doing immediately after.

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HOW DID I KNOW THE ABOVE?

Before you read my answer, take time to ponder the basketball game and the vision I had and you should be able to answer those questions. This is a simple lesson, but powerful because so often we may only receive one small sentence or one small picture from the Lord and as we ponder them, we realize they contain much more wealth than we realize.

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ANSWER TO QUESTION:

The environment is a basketball game. We are in a fast paced game where we are opposing the enemy from fulfilling their goals and we are carrying the Word of God to its goal. Basketball usually starts in the fall and so I understand there is a change coming and I am to look forward to this with anticipation.

I am waiting underneath the hoop for the Word of God to come through the chute. I am in a standing position, expecting and believing for the Word of the Lord to be sent from heaven. This is waiting on God, but one where I am not at rest, but spending energy to stand in expectation. Whenever we are asked to stand it means we are suffering opposition.

Eph 6:13 NKJV

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

After I catch the Word, I will be running with the ball to the other end of the court. Carrying a ball is to carry the Word of God through prayer. It may be my place only to pray over the Word and then hand if off to another to dispatch the Word by throwing it to the hoop.

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WHY IS THIS INFORMATION HELPFUL?

Because if I am not hearing much right now, I could be wondering what is wrong with me. Have I missed it somehow? Am I in the right place in God? Have I grieved Him?

But suddenly I am aware that the Lord understands the opposition, He is hearing my earnest prayers to hear and see more. And I realize I am not to change positions, but to continue to stand in place and wait on God for Him to send me His Word through that “chute”!

Another name for “chute” could be porthole.

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INTERESTING SCRIPTURE MEANING PORTHOLE:

Rev 4:1 NKJV

After these things I looked, and behold, a door {2374} standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”

NT:2374

NT:2374 thura (thoo’-rah); apparently a primary word [compare “door”]; a portal or entrance (the opening or the closure, literally or figuratively):

KJV – door, gate.