Divine Healing Made Simple: Simplifying the supernatural to make healing & miracles a part of your everyday life (The Kingdom of God Made Simple Book 1) (30 page)

We moved like the wind – without caution and without resistance. We never asked permission to do these marvelous works. As we met one person then another, we immediately knew what had to be done. There was no thought involved. We never questioned whether God wanted to bless them or if it was right to heal them or cast out an evil spirit. We instinctively knew that everything we did was in perfect harmony with the will of the Father and was well-pleasing to Him.

We encountered no enemies that I was aware of. If there were any, they must have been invisible or hidden. The light and the glory of God that accompanied us made it impossible to see the presence of darkness or evil. All we could see was the constant release of the light and power of God as it flashed before our eyes everywhere we went. This was how the dream ended.

I’d like to interpret the dream and make the application of it at the same time.

All believers come to Christ voluntarily. Some come seeking forgiveness, others because Jesus and His death provide some meaning to the riddle of life. Some are set free of addiction. Still others come to Jesus in their last breath before dying. None of them know at the outset what they’ve signed up for. The opening scene is a portrait of believers coming into the kingdom of God, but their entrance is first into the building that is often called “the church.” The building where people gather on Sunday is not “the church.” The church is the living, breathing, collection of people in whom the Spirit of God lives.

The leader who promised to explain why we were there but never did was symbolic of Church leaders who talk about spiritual things but don’t understand how the kingdom of God operates. Most seminaries do not train leaders to heal the sick, cast out demons or raise the dead.

Leaders who are not properly trained themselves, have little to offer others. In the end, their talk only creates more confusion.

The attacks that the new volunteers suffered portray (symbolically) the harsh treatment some Christians receive from their brothers. Some churches have allowed gossip, slander and every form of hatred to be perpetrated by one believer against another. Sadly, some leaders who are called to nurture and protect believers are guilty of some of the worst attacks. In the dream, I desperately wanted to get out of the building, knowing it had become unsafe. Because of the wounds we inflict on one another, some believers leave the church shortly after receiving Christ as their savior. In the dream, God granted my request and removed me from the building, taking me to a safer place.

The prophet Daniel interpreted the dream of king Nebuchadnezzar, telling him that four kingdoms would rule over the earth and that one day a great kingdom would be established by the God of heaven that would destroy all other kingdoms. This kingdom was symbolized by a mountain (see Dan. 2:35,44). God often uses the imagery of mountains to speak about things of the kingdom.

At the time of this writing, I live outside of Phoenix, Arizona – a desert paradise surrounded by sand and cacti. It would be hard to imagine a place more unlike my home than a mountaintop in Sweden. The symbolism here suggests that if God removes you from the building known as “the church,” He may take you to a place and a lifestyle far removed from your comfort zone and He may connect you with people whose language you don’t understand. These things may be literal, but they are certainly symbolic of the odd way in which kingdom-minded people operate when compared to the rest of the world.

In dreams, vehicles often illustrate some aspect of the ministry we’re involved in. The small car may suggest one with small beginnings.

Once again the number four appears. The four men who rode in the car could symbolize the same concept the number four did in the last chapter – an event with a global impact. Snow is white and clean symbolizing the simplicity, purity and the light of our heavenly calling.

The downhill drive illustrates the effortless way in which the kingdom of God operates. It isn’t necessary to try to make a car go downhill. Gravity does the work. In a similar way, the kind of life Jesus lived doesn’t come through effort. Instead, it comes when we allow the power of the Holy Spirit to flow through us. The small car portrays the kind of life a person in pursuit of the kingdom might live. It isn’t flashy or grand, but rather ordinary on the surface. As God trains us in the lifestyle of the supernatural, it might seem like things are moving too quickly and at times like they are out of control, but we must trust that God knows what He is doing and where we are going. The journey toward the fullness of the heavenly calling is a wild adventure.

The final scene portrays the kinds of things God would have us doing. I would humbly suggest that this scene illustrates the “greater works” Christ spoke of. Jesus was the greatest mystic of all time, but His walking on water, passing through walls and the countless miracles He did were just a glimpse of what is possible for us. He said, “All things are possible to him who believes” (see Mk. 9:23).

The call of every disciple of Jesus is to
go
into the world and release the power and provision of the kingdom of God.

I believe this scene reveals what is taking place in the invisible realm of the spirit when we pray for people. Few of us are able to see God’s supernatural work of healing as it happens. And because we can’t see it – we often assume nothing is happening when we pray for someone who shows no outward signs of healing. But if we were able to see in the spirit, we would be amazed.

When we pray even the smallest, most feeble prayer for someone – we release a measure of God’s glory upon the one we’re praying for. The release of His glory was seen in the flashes of light. When we pray for someone angels are released to combat evil spirits that are harassing them, wounds inflicted by the enemy are visibly healed in their spirit and the countenance of their spirit is visibly changed, even if nothing appears to be happening outwardly. I’ve seen these things happen when I pray for people. Blake Healy’s book
The Veil
confirmed the things I’ve seen and it gave me a better understanding of what actually takes place in the spiritual realm when I pray.

When our spiritual bodies are viewed from the spirtual realm, they are very different in appearance from the ones we see in the mirror. Our spiritual bodies are not made up of matter, but of light. They are not made of the photons of light that are visible to the naked eye – but the the spiritual light of eternity that cannot be seen except by our spirits.

The last scene of the dream reveals how we move and interact with things in the spiritual realm. Contrary to the clumsy, awkward way in which we sometimes move in our physical bodies, our spirits move effortlesssly most of the time. Our spiritual bodies are able to release the power and provision of heaven without even thinking about them.

Most people’s spiritual bodies have weapons attached to them that the individuals are not aware of. Many of us carry spiritual swords as part of our armament. These weapons are used against evil spirits when they try to attack us. If you were able to see your spiritual body as it really looks from the spiritual perspective you see a strikingly beautiful, yet formidable heavenly being.

A day is coming when everyone we touch will be healed, delivered and made whole. In that day, we won’t ask for words of knowledge, we’ll know that the sick must be healed. We won’t ask God to multiply bread; we’ll hand out bread to feed all who are hungry, never doubting that there will be some left over. We will take no money as we travel. We will know that God has provided in advance for all of our expenses. We will travel the ancient highways of the kingdom, being taken in the spirit from town to town without walking or driving. The Lord himself will move us like the wind. In all these things, we will fulfill the prophecy Jesus gave and we will indeed do greater works than He.

I pray that your spiritual eyes would be opened to the assignments to which God has called you. I pray that your heart would be filled with the purest love for God, and that your mind would be renewed to the truth of His kingdom. I pray that you would know the surpassing riches and treasure He has held in reserve for us from the beginning. I pray that you would be filled with all faith, confident in all things, knowing the will of God and demonstrating His power. And I pray that in all these things God would be glorified.

If you enjoyed this book, please visit the author’s blog,
PrayingMedic.com
where you’ll find more inspiring testimonies of healing, as well as other thought-provoking posts.