God's Prophetic People - A People of Passion, Purpose And Power

God's Prophetic People

displaying continuous rationalism. To Spock, there was never a question or situation that did not have an explanation solely based in reason and rationalism. As Christian believers, with our higher levels of education, we must be careful not to fall into the trap of rationalism. C. Experiential Lens The experiential aspect of our lives seems to make up the majority of what we perceive to be real. This refers to something that we have done, seen, or participated in. It includes events which we have lived through individually, as a family, or as a group. What we perceive with our five senses appears to be the most real things to us. When I was a kid, I remember going to a house where they blindfolded us, led us to a table, and asked us to put our hands into different bowls. The bowls were filled with things like noodles, small rubber balls, and other random objects. As we touched them, we had to guess what they were. People would joke, saying things like, “This one feels like a bowl of eyeballs !” or “ This one must be full of tiny snakes !” Of course, that wasn’t the case, but we were relying on the senses we had to make sense of the unknown. In the same way, as believers, we need to recognize that there is a spiritual reality that is more real than the physical world around us. Just like those blindfolded moments, we often can’t see it directly, but it’s there, shaping our lives in ways we may not always understand. As God’s people, it’s essential to stay aware of this deeper, spiritual dimension, remembering that it’s just as real— and maybe even more so — than what we can touch, see, or feel. We must continually keep this in mind. Let’s now explore our five senses in more depth. 1. Sight Our first, and probably most important sense is our sight. This is what we perceive with and through our eyes. It is

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