Can the spiritual realm be a stronger connection than anything we can see or experience with technology? Absolutely!
Lately I had to use my iPhone as a hotspot to work on my computer and connect with a global conversation.
Think about your spiritual technology. Before there was a “smartphone” there was God speaking to the spirit of man by the activity of His Holy Spirit.
Let’s see this in the experience of a first-century disciple named Ananias in Acts 9.
Acts 9:10 describes the scene:
“While meditating in Damascus the Lord called to Ananias in a vision.
The Lord told him, ‘Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying and IN A VISION he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.'” (I love the tense, “he HAS seen.”)
God works from the future backwards, it seems. I wouldn’t do things this way; I would go to Ananias first and I would say; “Now listen, I’ve got an assignment for you, it’s a little weird but I want you to go to this notorious religious terrorist named Saul. You know him. He's the guy you are avoiding. He needs to meet with you and you need to pray for him.”
I love this. Ananias is exercising spiritual senses. The word in Greek for “spirit” is “pneuma.” This kind of supernatural communication is what your spirit man is designed for. It’s something I call “pneuma-wifi.” When you enter God's presence you enter a “Pneuma WiFi zone,” the place where you’re praying and you start seeing, hearing and sensing things going on in heaven that God wants to manifest on earth.
I really believe that we enter into this zone a lot but don’t realize it. It comes in images, sounds, hunches, feelings, things we smell but don’t stop to observe.
What’s beautiful about this verse in the book of Acts is that God has ALREADY GONE to Saul and given him a VISION in ADVANCE of a meeting with Ananias. Saul is seeing the future. This is probably what a “Word of Wisdom” actually is, as opposed to a vision experience operating out of a gift of “Prophecy.” One sees the future, before it happens (like William Branham operated in). The other sees an image of things and symbols that are prophetic possibilities. God operates in all realms, past, present and future.
I see God’s hand in many beautiful connections over the years. I can’t help but be amazed by the Lord’s vision for His people and the ways He invites us to bring the Gospel to the world. As a ministry, we have a strong connection with believers across the globe who have stood with us, supported our daily efforts, and interceded on our behalf. Thank you for standing in the gap for us! Would you consider partnering with us as we continue to share a message of hope and God’s truth with the nations? If you would like to partner with us, here is the link: lancewallnau.com/connection. I am so thankful for you!
God basically put Ananias’ face into the future, then went into the present and told Ananias how to catch up to where his face is. In a true sense, prophecy is a sort of time travel where you get a glimpse of what God wants to do. Now this kind of visionary connection requires that you be in the right spiritual state. That’s why the worship movement and “soaking” activity are so prevalent nowadays. We are going back to our core “WI-FI” technology!
When I talk about “state” I am talking about entering the realm where the LOVE of Jesus, the JOY of the Lord, and the PEACE of God becomes our dominant spiritual and emotional state. That’s the Kingdom of God—an ALTERED STATE! The very thing the American pharmaceutical industry makes 10 Billion a year producing!
If you are a believer everything you need is within you now. And do you know why? Because you’ve got the Holy Spirit. If you have the Holy Spirit you have access to everything you need. And there’s no such thing as a little Holy Spirit, big Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit level one, Holy Spirit level 2.
I used to teach about an End Time outpouring where the Holy Spirit comes down from above. But the truth is….He’s already here in each one of us. The outpouring isn’t God pouring out from Heaven to Earth. The Holy Spirit is already here; it’s pouring out THROUGH US. The outpouring is through His people, not through the cumulus third heaven clouds above us.
Ananias and Saul had a visionary connection. Saul saw the future and Ananias heard a voice regarding divine direction. They had a Pneuma-WIFI connection with God. Practice tuning into your connection with the Lord and see how your vision begins to align with His.
Thank you so much Lance for r bringing to front of mind my friend the Holy Spirit….your teaching reminded me to give him all my worship and my praise today. The Holy Spirit WIFzi what a great analogy. It’s true He gives us an altered state a state which enables us to achieve His outcomes in what ever situation we are placed in. I live in Australia and I have listened to you for many years since leaving church just before the first COVID wave. Love what both you and Mario do.
For the fullness of the Gentiles to come in!
Thank you Lance! This reminded me of a vision God gave me explaining a time of being set apart for Him. Not only had I suddenly lost many family and friends, experienced a break with our church and the loss of my best friend and father-in-law to cancer but my phone was also stolen. I felt incredibly alone and cut off from everyone. I poured my frustration out to my Heavenly Father. He began to show me how our spiritual connections to friends, family and other relationships here on earth were much like Wifi that had to be reset often to restore their integrity. But the connections to the tower were likened to our connection to Him. This was the most important and was required for all other relationships or bandwidths to be whole and working properly. I NEEDED this reset. I had become too dependent on worldly relationships and had forgotten where my focus needed to be. Thank you again for this gentle reminder to keep our eyes and ears on Him!
LANCE, You closed by saying: “Practice tuning into your connection with the LORD, and see how your vision begins to align with HIS.” That is So Powerful!!!
I was listening to one of David Wilkerson’s sermons this week called: “A TIME TO WEEP AND A TIME TO FIGHT.” (2010, I think) GOD is still using David….That is a Great Lesson for each of us…..After we “Graduate to Heaven” GOD call still use us also…
WE Never die—-we LIVE ON—–
LANCE, I so appreciate You…..YOU ARE A GREAT BLESSING TO MY LIFE….I never thought about that Prophecy is a type of “Time Travel.” When You put it that way—It opened up my understanding more.
David Wilkerson said: “There is a quietness. There is a STRENGTH in quietness. I have come to know this is So Very True. If we do not set aside a quiet time each day in our lives to hear from the LORD—We Miss So Much….When we are bombarding ourselves with all types of media, coming at us from lots of different angles—We can’t hear the still, small voice of HOLY SPIRIT….I long to hear from HIM every day, because the world as we now know it is terribly fractured—–and We Won’t Make It Without HOLY SPIRIT. Thank You LORD for your Great Mercy on us……”BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL FOR THEY SHALL OBTAIN MERCY.”