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 And he said, “Please, show me Your glory”
(Exodus 33:18).When Adam walked with God in paradise his attentionwas constantly focused on Him. Adam was totallyabsorbed with God, one with Him. He entirely existed toreveal the glory of his God and Father. He was createdfully alive to God, a perfect living soul. His emotions,mind and memory were filled with God. Just by beingAdam he blissfully loved his God and Fatherspontaneously with all his heart, with all his soul, with allhis mind and with all his strength. The members of his body were in harmony with his perfect soul reflecting therighteousness and compassion of the Lord mademanifested in divine wisdom. Adam was created the son ofGod (Luke 3:38). All of his attention was focused on hisFather’s business. His entire being, his spirit, soul and body, were dedicated to bring joy and fulfillment to God.As he was doing the will of God he delighted himself inhis Creator. His delight in God sustained his focus.When sin entered Adam, conflict entered his soul. Then hisfocus wandered outside of God to seek joy and fulfillmentin the delusion of his confused heart, separately from God.When he betrayed God’s love he died to God in his spirit,soul and body as a branch being severed from the Vine.Because he fell from the glory of God that was in him, hewas unable to manifest the Word of God. He was no longerin Christ, which upheld him by the glory of His presence.Since the transgression he was divided in himself. His soulstarted to war against his spirit for dominion over his
 
 body. The goodness of God that he manifested made roomfor evil he did not wish to practice. Joy left his soul as hefell from liberty of the supernatural realm of paradise to bondage of the natural realm of a broken universe. Joy andpeace of security in God made room for doubts and fearsof the insecurity of his confused mind and emotions of hisimperfect soul.As man is locked into the natural realm of the flesh he lostthe ability to sense God with his body and soul. Since thatlamentable day man could not observe God with hisnatural senses. Fallen man started to call on the name ofthe Lord that he might find life, peace and joy in God inthe chaotic universe that he lives in, which he createdthrough his rebellion against God.Focus is attention and awareness in clear vision. Without aclear vision you will perish. Unless you are born again youcannot see the kingdom of God. To have spiritual visionyou need to be born from above. A spiritual focus isdeveloped when you constantly seek godly wisdom andunderstanding with all of your heart that you may knowGod in all your ways. To have a spiritual focus is to beconstantly tuned into the will of God for your life. This isto be sensitive for the leading and guidance of the HolySpirit. If you practice it long enough it becomes secondnature to you. Spiritual focus is a prerequisite for havingspiritual perception and revelation.The evidence of spiritual focus is when all of yourattention is absorbed into the Lord so that He may impartinto your spirit an ever-expanding revelation of Himself,so much so, that all other things come into sharp contrastwith His beauty. Focusing on the Lord is a requirement forchange. When you behold Him you change into that
 
measure of His glory that you see by revelation. Yourchange is according to the measure of your faith.Spiritual focus is the concentration of your faith or fears.For faith to grow, it needs to be focused according to theanointing that is working in your life, which is the perfectwill of God for your life. Fears are the lies of nightmaresthat are raging in your bewildered mind against the wordof God.Focusing is the attraction of interests, curiosity, desires orconcerns of your heart. Where the treasure of yourfascination with God or fear of terror is, there your heartwill be also. King Nebuchadnezzar was concerned aboutwhat would happen to his kingdom when he would be nolonger around. He focused in meditation on his concern,on his bed, and God gave him the answers to the questionsof his heart in a dream.I spend sufficient time in prayer everyday to get to knowGod in all my ways. I am not telling you this that youshould do the same but that you may know that God oftenreveals deep things to man in prayer. Some time ago, as Iwas praying I saw a vision about an old prophetessteaching a young prophetess how to see visions. She toldthe young prophetess to be focused but to be relaxed while believing God to see visions. She must look intensely, yetrelaxed, with believing eyes of the heart until she sees. Youdo not see visions all the time but you need to persevere infaith every day if you wish to see visions. Visions have alot to do with the focus of your faith. Ask the Holy Spirit,your Helper, to help you with it. When I will write mychapter on Visions, I will give you guidelines on how tosee visions.
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