Great imaginations, lucid dreams, altered states of consciousness or substantive changed states of being – researchers around the world are seeking to determine the reality of out-of-body experiences. Scientific opinions and ideas tend to discount one significant thing: the spiritual self of the persons claiming to have such an event in their lives. Whatever your personal perspective, realize that there is validity to the recorded experiences that cannot be understood.

I do not know, God knows. II Corinthians 12:3

In his testimonial second letter to the people of Corinth, Paul tells of a man who was placed in an altered state of consciousness in order to receive revelation from the Lord. Theologians disagree on what actually happened. Yet unlike many authors on bookshelves today, Paul records that the impact of such experiences on him was humility. Whether a vision or a modified state of reality, such things, he says, only God knows.

During the world’s difficult and trying times in which you live, you can be confident that God does know – He knows you, he knows the nation’s leaders, He knows the future, and He knows the times. Let yourself be humbled before such knowledge, and intercede for those in authority to trust their futures to Him.

Recommended Reading: II Corinthians 12:1-12