Session 7 - Encountering and Partnering with God Through Revelation

Session 7 - Encountering and Partnering with God Through Revelation

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Every month, we gather for Wisdom for Weird and Wonderful God Encounters, a space where people who are prophetic, curious, or simply hungry for God can come together and grow. Some in the room have had powerful encounters with the Lord, while others are just beginning to discover what that even means. Either way, it is a safe place to ask questions, share experiences, and learn how to walk with the Holy Spirit in everyday life.

In this first session of the new year, we returned to the foundations. Rather than focusing on dramatic experiences, we talked about the core truths that make any encounter with God healthy, life-giving, and rooted in Scripture.

All people are made to hear God

One of the starting points for understanding spiritual encounters is this: all of humanity is created in the image and likeness of God. That means people are spiritually wired to hear and respond to the spiritual realm.

The Bible shows this clearly. It was not only prophets and believers who had dreams or spiritual experiences. Pharaoh received dreams about the future. Nebuchadnezzar had visions that shaped empires. The baker and the cupbearer each had symbolic dreams. Even a slave girl in the New Testament received spiritual information, though it came from the wrong source.

So the issue is not whether someone receives spiritual insight. The real question is where that revelation comes from.

Spiritual information can come from:

• The human spirit

• The demonic realm

• The angelic realm

• The Holy Spirit

For believers, the Holy Spirit becomes the filter through which we process everything. He is the “blood barrier,” ensuring that what we receive leads to life in Christ.

Life is more important than being right

Many people in prophetic or spiritual settings become focused on one question: Was the revelation right or wrong? But Scripture points us to a deeper question.

In the Garden of Eden, there were two trees:

• The tree of the knowledge of good and evil

• The tree of life

The knowledge of right and wrong, apart from relationship with God, leads to death. But life comes from relationship with Him.

Under the New Covenant, we are not called into a culture of fear or perfectionism. We are called into a culture of relationship, humility, and growth. Scripture tells us:

• Do not despise prophecy

• Test everything

• Hold on to what is good

That means we will sometimes hear things that are not perfect. That is part of the process. The goal is not flawless accuracy. The goal is growing closer to Jesus and walking in His life.

Revelation is the foundation

We looked at the story in Matthew 16 where Peter declares that Jesus is the Son of God. Jesus tells him that this truth did not come from human reasoning. It came by revelation from the Father.

That moment shows where everything in the spiritual life begins. It does not start with effort, study, or intellect. It begins when God reveals Himself to us.

From that revelation flows:

• Authority in the kingdom

• Access to heaven

• Partnership with God’s purposes

Through the Holy Spirit, believers are seated with Christ in heavenly places. We are not meant to live reacting to darkness. We are meant to live from heaven’s perspective, bringing solutions into the earth.

The role of prophecy today

Under the New Covenant, prophecy is not about spiritual superstars or isolated voices of authority. The fivefold ministries exist to equip the saints, build unity, and help every believer hear God for themselves.

Prophecy, at its simplest, is this:

Receiving something from God and giving it to someone else for encouragement, exhortation, or comfort.

Every believer has the Holy Spirit. Every believer has access to God. And every believer is responsible to hear and respond to His voice within the context of Scripture and healthy community.

We encourage you to listen to the full session and join us at a future gathering.

🎧 Listen to Session 7 here: Audio Link