Biblical Meditation: A Master Key to Mystical Dimensions
I was meditating on Revelation 4:1 again and again. I read it over and over. I pondered each word. I spoke it out loud. Revelation 4:1 reads, “After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, ‘Come up here, and I will show you things which must take places after this.’”
I don't know how long I was meditating on that verse. I lost track of time as I focused in with deeper meditation on a few specific words and phrases in that verse. The words looked, behold, door standing open, and come up here seemed to leap off the page and into my heart, somehow bypassing my natural mind. It was as if the spirit of the word was entering my spirit by osmosis.
My thoughts were, “If there is an open door in heaven, I want to walk through it.” Suddenly, I saw myself walking toward a magnificent castle. I saw a large opening with a walkway that ran directly through the castle. As I walked to the midway point of what seemed to be a sacred path, the castle rolled up and went inside my spirit.
In that moment I heard the Lord say, “The kingdom of God is within you. Everything you need is within you. All the resources you require are within you. You don’t even have to pull it down from heaven. It is within you. Speak it out of your mouth and you will see it. Christ in you, the hope of glory. The riches in glory in Christ are within you.”
As I had never experienced anything like this before, I found it strange and was not sure what to think about it. I knew it was a spiritual encounter. I knew it was the voice of the Lord. When I began to study this experience, I found Teresa of Avila, a Spanish woman who chose a monastic lifestyle in the 16th century. She was set apart for the Lord and wrote a book called The Interior Castle.
Through my experience and her writing, I discovered the way into this castle is prayer and medication. Teresa of Avila wrote:
As far as I can understand, the door of entry into this castle is prayer and meditation: I do not say mental prayer rather than vocal, for, if it is prayer at all, it must be accompanied by meditation. If a person does not think Whom he is addressing, and what he is asking for, and who it is that is asking and of Whom he is asking it, I do not consider that he is praying at all even though he be constantly moving his lips. True, it is sometimes possible to pray without paying heed to these things, but that is only because they have been thought about previously; if a man is in the habit of speaking to God’s Majesty as he would speak to his slave, and never wonders if he is expressing himself properly, but merely utters the words that come to his lips because he has learned them by heart through constant repetition, I do not call that prayer at all—and God grant no Christian may ever speak to Him so!
New Age Did Not Invent Meditation
Many Christians hear the word meditate and immediately relegate it to the realm of New Age or Buddhism. But God invented the concept. Meditation is “the act of calling to mind some supposition, pondering upon it, and correlating it to one’s own life,” according to Holman Bible Dictionary, and is at its root an act of worship.
We can release meditation in many forms. The Hebrew word for “meditate” is hagah. It means to utter, muse, mutter, meditate, speak, or imagine,” according to The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon. You meditate by thinking about the same image or speaking the same words repeatedly.
The first mention of meditation in the Bible is in the Book of Beginnings—Genesis 24:63, “Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening.” In a transition between the loss of his mother and the reception of his bride, Matthew Henry’s Commentary says, “He went out to take the advantage of a silent evening, and a solitary place, for meditation and prayer; those divine exercises by which we converse with God and our own hearts.”
You can meditate anytime, anywhere, but solitude is the best place to move into this dimension of worship. David said, “I call to remembrance my song in the night; I meditate within my heart, and my spirit makes diligent search” (Ps. 77:6). When you meditate on the things of God, your spirit is searching the deep things of God while your mind is simultaneously being renewed.
Some people have a hard time practicing the concept of meditation. Don’t overcomplicate it. If you know how to ruminate, you know how to meditate. When we have a problem or worry, we ruminate on it. That is to say, to rehash it or review it repeatedly in our thoughts and words. The enemy wants us to meditate on him and his work to kill, steal, and destroy in our lives. God wants us to meditate on Him and His work to bring us into abundance and overflow of His promises.
Delight Yourself in the Word
Because Jesus is the only legitimate door into the seer dimensions, meditating on the Word is the best—and safest—place to start with meditation. Throughout the psalms of David, we see his dedication to meditation. He starts off in Psalm 1:2 talking about the godly man: “His delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night” (Ps. 1:2). When you set your heart to meditate on His Word day and night you will find easier entry into seer dimensions.
We won’t meditate on His Word unless we delight ourselves in the Word. As I write this, I am delighting myself in the Word. When I read the Word, or in this case write about the Word, I am filled with joy because I can see the inherent power in it to change me, to empower me, to comfort me—and to take me places in the seer dimension I could not go alone without risk of error. There is no error in the Word of God, so Word meditation is one gateway through which we can safely enter seer dimensions.
Discipline yourself to do what David did:—meditate on His precepts and have respect for His ways (see Ps. 119:15). Delight in the law of the Lord (see Ps. 1:2). His testimonies should be our delight and our counselor (see Ps. 119:24). Let us never forget that the one who fears the Lord and delights greatly in His commandments is blessed (see Ps. 112:1).
As you can see, delighting in the Word of God is a continual theme throughout the Book of Psalms. But what does it mean to delight yourself in the Word? Do you really know? Delighting is not complicated, but it’s important to understand just what the Word of God is telling us to do so that we can do it indeed. Simply stated, to delight in something is to take great pleasure in it. When you are delighted, you are highly pleased. You have joy and satisfaction. The Word of God should be a source of joy. It should satisfy the soul. It should delight you—and it will if you truly know the Word.
Anyone can read the Word and receive information. Receiving revelation in the spirit realm and seer dimensions depends, in part, on our active pursuit of the logos (written Word) until it becomes rhema (spoken word) to us. As we meditate on the Word, thinking about it, speaking it, and being doers of it, we gain spiritual understanding of seer realities and legalities.
Gaze on His Beauty
Beyond meditating on His Word, we need to meditate on who the Father is, who Christ is, and who the Holy Spirit is. We need to renew our minds to the character and personality of the three Persons of the Trinity. We need to cultivate intimacy with them. Barbie Breathitt, author of Gateway to the Seer Realm, writes:
Seers are called to relate to God through the intimacy of faith, hope, and love. An atmosphere of peaceful meditation allows seers to enter into the spiritual perception of visionary sight. They are able to gaze into the invisible realms of glory and behold the beauty of the Lord, and so are you! David said it this way: One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple (Psalm 27:4).
Beholding Jesus or “meditating upon His Word” is the act that brings transformation to the heart and mind. For what we behold, we become (see Joshua 1:8, Romans 12:2, and 2 Corinthians 3:18). So let us gaze at the beautiful Son!
Ra'ah means “to look and see as in a vision, to gaze, view, experience, look upon, behold, discern, or to perceive by the Spirit.” Chozeh means “to behold a vision, stargazer, or to gaze into the realm of the Spirit with approval and agreement, a prophet that sees, a seer.”
Seers receive revelation beforehand as they wait upon the Lord’s powerful, manifested presence. Their revelations come through their ability to rest in the realm of visions, dreams, pictures, lights, angelic messengers, and trances.
I regularly experience this type of revelatory phenomenon. For me, it takes quiet times of worship, extended peace and solitude, meditation on His Word, and a hushed reflection on the presence of the Lord. Once I am able to still my mind my spirit begins to release love toward God. When I feel His love moving on me, I begin to soak in an atmosphere of panoramic visions. The revelations I have received for my books, messages, and articles come through these quality alone times while resting in the Holy Spirit’s presence.
I was once riddled with a spirit of fear. My entire life was filtered through these lenses—even what I saw and heard in the spirit realm. Where others saw angels, I saw dark demons. Where others heard words of encouragement, I heard nothing but warnings of demonic attacks. Although what I was seeing and hearing was accurate, I had a bent toward fear so I could not see beyond the dark side of the spirit.
Once I renewed my mind with the Word of God and received deliverance, my prophetic revelations found balance. Once I moved beyond the warfare-only paradigm and understood the intimacy paradigm, I walked in balance and everything changed.
When I had a dream of a spiritual attack, I saw how the Lord wanted to intervene so I could make intercession accordingly. When I got a revelation of the love of God, which casts out all fear, I was able to see God even in the darkest circumstances, which makes me a more effective prayer warrior. I don’t typically see angels in all their glory, but I bumped into one in my kitchen the other day and looked up as a flash of light ascended.
Imagine Scenes in the Bible
Imagination is another aspect of the seer dimension New Agers have hijacked and, in many ways, stolen from the Body of Christ. God created you in His image. God has an imagination and so do you. Imagination is both a creative ability and power to see images in your mind’s eye. Imagination is in the realm of the unseen world.
When your spirit was born again, you gained the ability to see all things possible (see Mark 9:23) within the bounds of your imagination. While the enemy tries to use your imagination against you—launching vain imaginations against your mind according to 2 Corinthians 10:5—you can cooperate with God to use your imagination for His glory. As you seek to enter the seer dimensions through the imagination, be careful to first work to root out corrupted areas of your imagination so you can separate what is your own invention from God’s innovation.
While reading visions, dreams, parables, and dramatic scenes in the pages of your Bible, meditate on them and use your holy imagination to picture the scenes. If you are diligent about doing this, the Lord could show you exactly what John saw in the Book of Revelation or what Jesus was writing in the sand when the Pharisees sought to condemn the woman who was caught in the act of adultery.
Meditate on Your Legal Position
Take some time to meditate on Ephesians 2:6 in various translations. This will not only renew your mind to your legal position, but inspire you to pursue operating in seer dimensions part of your living condition. Remember, seers and seeing people are in a position to look down to the earth realm from heavenly dimensions.
And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus (NIV).
He also raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus (CSB).
God raised us from death to life with Christ Jesus, and he has given us a place beside Christ in heaven (CEV).
God has brought us back to life together with Christ Jesus and has given us a position in heaven with him (GW).
And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together [giving us joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One) (AMPC).
He did all this on his own, with no help from us! Then he picked us up and set us down in highest heaven in company with Jesus, our Messiah (MSG).
He raised us up with Christ the exalted One, and we ascended with him into the glorious perfection and authority of the heavenly realm, for we are now co-seated as one with Christ! (TPT)
As you meditate on Ephesians 2:6 and other scriptures, ask the Holy Spirit questions about what you are reading. Ask and keep on asking. Knock and keep on knocking. The Holy Spirit will lead you into all truth (see John 16:13).
Cultivate Spiritual Curiosity
You can meditate on His name; meditate on His wonderful works; meditate on His precepts and ways; and meditate on what is noble, just, pure, lovely, and of a good report (see Mal. 3:16; Ps. 119:15,27; Phil. 4:8). You can, like David did, meditate on God’s emotions.
Meditation is only for the spiritually curious. If you aren’t hungry, you won’t meditate because although it is fascinating to enter seer dimensions through meditation, it requires you to be still and wait on God. It requires a curious spirit set on exploring what God wants to show you.
In Matthew 7:7-11 (AMP), Jesus said:
Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who keeps on asking receives, and he who keeps on seeking finds, and to him who keeps on knocking, it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will [instead] give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will [instead] give him a snake? If you then, evil (sinful by nature) as you are, know how to give good and advantageous gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give what is good and advantageous to those who keep on asking Him.
Jennifer LeClaire
