VVV(3) Subjectivity

In her book called Visions, Visitations and the Voice of God, Lyn Packer warns of the dangers of subjectivity.

All revelation is prone to subjectivity. Each of us have lenses we look through that distort or color our vision. Our very humanness causes everything we see and experience to be subjective, to one degree or another.

Faint impressions, the still, small voice of God, and some of the other ways of receiving revelation are received through the eyes of our heart (our imagination). As a result they can be influenced by our thoughts, emotions, doctrinal beliefs, point of view, and eve our woundedness.

Open-eyed visions, trances and encounters in the heavens are also prone to subjectivity. We filter what we see through personal paradigms, woundedness, values, and our understanding of God’s word, heart and character.

We tend to assume that if we have seen something with our own eyes it is true. That does not work in the spiritual realms.