Mordecai Part VI

ATTRIBUTE #6 = Man of PERCEPTION

Esther 4:1 “When Mordecai perceived (yāḏaʿ = to perceive, discern) all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes and went out into the midst of the city and cried with a loud voice and a bitter cry”.

Mordecai “perceived” the situation, not that someone told him what had been issued or like before in the natural when he overheard the plot against the king, but he “perceived” in his spirit something was wrong.

John 4:19 “The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive (theōreō = to view mentally, to discern) that thou art a prophet.”

The woman “perceived” that Jesus was a prophet. Note that these two instances took place before Acts 2; as men of God we're filled with the Spirit, perception (seeing beyond the natural) should be normal for us.

I John 3:17 “But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth (theōreō) his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love (agapē) of God in him?”

The word theōreō comes from the root word horaō = to see with the mind.

This reminds me of Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope when Obi-wan, on the Millennium Falcon training Luke, said “Your eyes can deceive you, don't trust them.”

ACTION POINTS:

- ask the Holy Spirit to open your spiritual eyes to see things/people as He does

- as much as you can:

– pray in the Spirit

– be in/meditate on, the Word

– develop a posture/mindset of constant worship throughout the day