The Four Realms

A vision appeared in my mind as the Pastor was preaching. I could see the separation between the two, the natural and the supernatural, it was like a door that I had to choose to walk through. Where would I spend my life? In the darkness of the natural or in the light of the supernatural. I knew that if I chose to walk through the door of the natural that I would be blind there and that all my senses, which are supposed to be used for the Lord, would be filled with the smog of that realm and they would become useless to me. But if I chose to walk through the door of the supernatural then all of my senses would be heightened in both realms and all the things in the physical/natural realm that concern me would all be taken care of. They would all fall into place because the Lord would take care of me.

I found myself thinking about this idea repeatedly. The more that I thought about it, the stronger the vision became. As I kept looking through the door of the supernatural, I began to realize that the supernatural was more than just one realm. There were actually four realms, but each of them represented a different aspect of who God is to me. He is my friend, my father, the judge, and the commanding officer of an army, as the King.

I am realizing more and more that I don’t want to experience just one part of the supernatural, but I want to experience all of it. I don’t want to go through the door of the physical anymore. I want to live my life through the lens of the spiritual realm, not the other way around. I think of it like wearing glasses. Without glasses everything is just a blur, and it makes it very difficult to navigate the world around you and your perception of it could be askew, because you aren’t able to see clearly. But with glasses, the whole world changes, your opinion on certain things change, the way you see people, read signs, etc. All of it changes and for the good.

He has shown me those four realms. The first one is our place, the place where Jesus is my friend. It is an isolated island and on it is a large field covered with the most beautiful flowers that you could ever imagine. We like to sit together among the flowers and just talk. In this realm, He tells me things that He doesn’t tell others. I ask Him questions and He listens. We discuss things about my circumstances and things that are hidden in His Word. This is my favorite realm, it’s the place where I have gotten to know Jesus (And I love Him!) He has also shown me that everyone’s special place with Him is different. For some people it’s by a river, others it is in the mountains, or even on the beach.

The second realm is the throne room. It is the most breathtaking room you could ever imagine. As you enter through the door there is a satin carpet going all the way up to a golden throne where seated is the most glorious King in the universe. He seems unapproachable to those who don’t know Him, because of His Glory, but He’s my Abba Father, and so very approachable. In this realm, I am just a girl and I run up to His throne and stand beside it and whisper into His ear and ask for things. I am not sure if He will give those things to me, but I know that He will do what is right. He has also shown me that this is the realm where He gives promises and blesses me, but it is also the realm where discipline takes place, He is the Father, who has all authority, but he is also Abba, who loves me unconditionally. The Lord recently revealed to me that I have been in this realm before. I began to come here when I was just 6 years old. I would ask my Abba to help me find things and He would whisper into my ear the exact place where that item was lost. He didn’t have to, but He loved to see my face when I found it. And even more, He loved to see my faith in Him grow through it.

The third realm I have only recently begun to see. It is the battlefield. This is where I pick up my armor and fight the enemy. For a long time, I was afraid of this realm because I didn’t know how to fight. But slowly over time, He has given me lessons on how to use my sword. (My sword is AWESOME and it’s on fire!) I have become stronger in my ability to fight the enemy, but He has shown me that the battlefield is not always successful. You may not have the authority to fight the enemy and therefore he will win. So, I have learned that the battlefield will always be connected to the courtroom.

The fourth realm is the courtroom, and it goes hand in hand with the battlefield. When I am trying to fight the enemy, but He won’t leave me alone, that usually means I need to put down my sword, pick up my briefcase and go to the Judge. The courtroom looks exactly like an earthly courtroom, (mostly because I have never seen a heavenly one) and I don’t know much about it yet. But what I do know is that our sins, transgressions, and iniquities are all things that the enemy uses against us in the courtroom. Our sin is the motivation of our hearts, transgression, our acts of disobedience against God, and finally, iniquity is the sins and transgressions in our bloodline. If we don’t repent for our wrong motivations, actions and the sins or transgressions of our ancestors, the enemy will use it against us. We must pray and ask the Lord, to reveal the root of the problem that the enemy is using to thwart our victories, then humble ourselves and repent..

In order to enter the supernatural realms, I must first take off my worldly clothes. It may seem like the only spiritual garments would be the armor, but I wouldn’t wear armor to the courtroom, or to a field to spend time with Jesus. Just in the same way that I need to take off my worldly clothes of shame and condemnation, I need to put on whatever the Holy Spirit has placed out for me. If I am going into the field to spend time with Jesus, Holy Spirit has put out a summer dress for me that is covered in beautiful flowers with a flower crown that goes on the top of my head. If I am going to the throne room, Holy Spirit puts out a ball gown, slippers, and a crown (I am going before the King after all). On the battlefield, it is my armor, and lastly, the courtroom is a business suit. The Holy Spirit is my mentor and my teacher. He has taught me how to prepare myself to go into each realm, how to be kingdom-minded, how to ask properly, how to fight on the battlefield, how to stand my ground, how to present a case, how to walk in victory, all of that and more. If it were not for the Holy Spirit, I would not even know about any of these realms.

The revelation of these realms has deepened my relationship with the Lord, and now, because I know I have a choice, whether to walk in the natural or in the supernatural, I choose the supernatural.