Gifts of the Seer

The seers have strong impressions, smell, seeing things, and tasting things. The prophet teaches it logically. Discernment is the seer’s lifeline.
What is discernment? - Relationship and history with G-d develop your discernment: sensitivity to the Holy Spirit that enables us to tell the difference between His communications and our own thoughts or the voice of the enemy. This is important because His voice, as well as the enemy’s voice, can sound a lot like our own thoughts. I’ve been thinking about AJ a lot lately. Maybe I should pray for him. That is an example of a normal, “everyday” thought that is probably from G-d but sounds like something we’re just thinking. Why doesn’t the pastor realize how gifted I am? He must not be listening to G-d. That is an example of a thought that also sounds everyday but could be coming from the enemy. Both are subtle. Both sound “like us.” When G-d has built up within us sensitivity to His Holy Spirit, we will be more able to tell when something is amiss with our thoughts, emotions, plans and interactions with others.
Shirley a friend, long ago taught me about journaling my thoughts. The first thoughts after praying are from G-d, the second is from the adversary and the third is your own thoughts questing what you wrote.
Cults and religious factions are sometimes the byproduct of sincere, gifted, faith-filled leaders who believe they’re doing what G-d has told them to do. We should never stop praying for discernment, because it will keep us from confusing G-d’s voice with any other voice, discerning between light from G-d and what is only pretending to be light.
Once G-d has developed discernment within us, we can be trusted to see more and more, because now we can recognize what we’re seeing, and He knows we will act wisely.
How does G-d develop discernment within us? G-d’s process of developing our discernment is by practicing, like driving a car, and as we learn how to balance, steer and avoid obstacles. The Father helps guide us and then slowly releases as we learn how to drive on our own.
When we are able and ready, G-d puts the weight of discernment on us. He gives us the opportunity to make bad decisions because He knows we’re now able to not make them. He grows discernment within us and only afterward puts us in situations where we’ll have to use it. G-d will protect us from interacting with anything that wasn’t from Him. He even allows something negative to approach us, because He knew there would be a check in our spirit that asked, Wait a minute — is this G-d?
When we’re capable of choosing wisely- G-d knows how we will react; He will lent His attributes of mercy and love, and He knows that we will seek His favor on His people’s behalf.
G-d won’t allow us to enter situations that are dangerous for us until we’re capable of choosing wisely. He is just; when He tests us, He wants us to succeed, not to fail. G-d made gave us free-will so you can choose the gift or refuse it. Knowing the future, G-d planned on using our failures, but He didn’t make it impossible for us to succeed.
Having discernment doesn’t mean that we’re incapable of making poor decisions. We could choose to ignore G-d’s still, small voice within us, or we could purposefully put ourselves into situations that are over our heads, to learn more. There is always the possibility for failure because without it, our success wouldn’t have any real meaning.
It’s humbling to realize that we’re capable of failing. After we’ve made a right decision, G-d will sometimes show us how easily we could have made the wrong decision, and we’re filled with gratitude and thankfulness. In His grace, He kept us from failing.
Discernment will come as a result of relationship with G-d. Then, as we grow in discernment, we will also grow in our relationship with Him.
Discernment is not only a chose but a necessary if we want to stay on the right course. The day will come when what He says to us may make the difference between life and death.