IMAGINATION!

1 Kings 18:43 TLB 

and said to his servant, "Go and look out toward the sea." He did, but returned to Elijah and told him, "I didn't see anything." Then Elijah told him, "Go again, and again, and again, seven times!"

 

Imagination is the faculty or action of forming new ideas, images, or concepts of external objects not present to the senses; it is the ability of the mind to be creative or resourceful. Imagination is the production of sensations and ideas in the mind without any immediate input from the senses. Lack of faith, therefore, is the failure of imagination, as seen in Ephesians 3:20. What are you imagining?

We may even call it fantasy, but do our fantasies align with the biblical standard? Without imagination, there can be no fantasy—the ability to imagine impossible or improbable things. Our imagination is not only a great gift of God, but it’s also an aspect of the image of God. Everyone has an imagination, and we always use it, whether we are daydreaming, planning, remembering, or meditating on God’s word. Our imagination drives our fantasies, which are the product of our creative minds.

Philippians 4:8 tells us what to think about: “think about these things.” We may have heard or have been told, “you have an active imagination.” Yes, considering who our Father is, we need an active imagination to live a victorious life. The creative imagination—the ability to conceive something that does not already exist—is the source of art and invention. Imagination makes nearly everything we do possible, from reading and writing to weaving stories or arguments; they all start from imagination.

We must imagine something, see it in our mind’s eye, and visualise or fantasise about it through meditating on the word of God to begin to see its physical manifestation, because whatever we cannot conceive in our mind, our spirit will not manufacture. Imagination is a major part of our faith.

As Hebrews 11:1 says, faith is the conviction of things not seen—not physically but spiritually, in the mind’s eye, the imagination. But we must not have vain (empty or useless) imagination, according to Psalm 2:1.

Our imagination is very important to the Lord, considering how many times He asked the question “what do you see?” in the Bible. 

So—what and how do you see? Are you imagining those you’ve been praying about? Are you visualizing them in your mind’s eyes? Or are you waiting for just anything to happen?

The Lord is asking you today, “What do you see?” 

What can you see? Imagine if Elijah’s servant still couldn’t see what his master wanted him to see. But he saw it—he saw a cloud the size of a man’s fist. How did that equate to rain?

Elijah probably knew, according to Ecclesiastes 11:3, that when the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth. He knew the sight of the cloud meant the approach of rain, as small as it was, because the size didn’t matter.

The Lord took Abram outside in Genesis 15:5 to see as far as his eyes could see. This was a strategic move on God’s part to help us, as He did Abram, understand that there are no limitations to our imaginations and therefore no limitations to what God can do—outside, under the open skies and heaven, where we must learn to see as far, both physically and spiritually, as we can see.

Amos said in 7:7 that the Lord was standing by him showing him something, but for him to see properly, the Lord asked Amos, “what do you see?” in verse 8.

Yes, you—what are you imagining and seeing? You need to imagine it to receive it!

REFLECTION QUESTIONS 

- What are you imagining today and how does it align with faith in God’s promise? 

- Are you visualizing what you’ve been praying about as already answered? 

- How can you develop a holy imagination that agrees with God’s word? 

- What steps can you take to turn your biblical imagination into real actions and outcomes?

PRAYER: Father, cleanse my eyes with spiritual salve that I may see as you see; with the eyes of faith, let my imagination be aligned with your word in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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