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to trust for those who rely primarily on their five senses to gain understanding.
The Spirit of God has warned you about someone you've been uneasy around for some time now. But as usual, your reliance on your five senses has convinced you that your feeling is just a figment of your imagination. Despite the absence of any physical evidence, the uneasy feeling persists. Let's examine Scripture to clarify this strange, yet true, occurrence.
Your Spirit Perceives What Your Senses Cannot.
Paul writes that the deep things of God are revealed by a mechanism that has nothing to do with the eyes or the ears:
"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God." (1 Corinthians 2:9-10)
He then draws the comparison that grounds this entire teaching:
"For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God." (1 Corinthians 2:11)
In other words, your spirit can perceive and discern things beyond your five physical senses. Through your spirit, you can understand and become aware of spiritual things you would have no other way of knowing. This is not a new or fringe idea. Scripture describes it as a built-in function of how God designed man:
"The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly." (Proverbs 20:27)
Your spirit was designed to search and to sense what your eyes cannot see, and your ears cannot hear.
When Your Spirit Says No
This is why, if you're in a room with a stranger, and that stranger leaves, you may find yourself saying, without any evidence to point to, "My spirit doesn't take to that person" or "My spirit doesn't agree with that person." Notice what you said: your spirit, not your eyes, not your ears, not your logic. Nothing available to your five senses revealed it to you. Something deeper did.
It is crucial to walk according to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, so you are not misled by the flesh, meaning your five senses. In moments like these, the Holy Spirit is speaking directly to your human spirit, and your job is to recognize His voice rather than talk yourself out of it.
Exercised to Discern
Discernment is not automatic. It is a muscle that grows stronger the more it is used:
"But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil." (Hebrews 5:14)
The more you practice trusting what your spirit is telling you, and confirming it in prayer and in Scripture, the sharper that discernment becomes.
Ask God to Confirm What's Hidden
Here is my advice on this matter: simply ask God to clarify and confirm to your human spirit whatever is being hidden from you.
"Father, just as the morning sun exposes the darkness of night, let the elements of darkness set against me be likewise revealed, in the name of Jesus Christ."
Kevin L A Ewing
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