The Sky and the Cave

By Pastor Sharron Scott

1/21/2010

I have had several closed visions, and this is my written version of one. Each person reading it can apply it to their own life, their own circumstances, and ask God for what (if anything) He is saying to them in this story. Be blessed! ~Pastor Sharron

As I close my eyes, I see gathering masses…coming in from the sides, and clinging together they grow larger and larger until they begin to obstruct something I want to see very badly. Then they begin to waft away… only to leave room for another mass to form. What is that in the high distance? It seems so incredibly beautiful! Ah…the deep color. The incredible calm of it. But I can’t quite make it out because of these massive growing obstructions…they are clouds forming in front of me everywhere. I wish they would just all go away. I notice that some are more ominous than others. Darker and more frightening. Some are small and white. I begin to peer deliberately into one, and realize that where my focus is, the mass begins to thin out. It is actually clearing in the center!! When I concentrate elsewhere, it closes back in. OK, so let’s try a small one. I peer into the center and behold, I begin to see BLUE. Yes, it is clearing. And I think I saw ONE STAR. And like a puff of dandelion seeds, the little cloud blows away into nothingness, exposing the most incredible deep royal blue I’ve ever seen, and one very bright beautiful star. It is soon covered by another group of obstructions. The larger masses are harder, and take more time. I begin to see them as clouds… and my gaze penetrates only as long as my concentration wills it. I concentrate, yet my gaze wanders and the cloud fills back in. I focus on it once again, determined this time to see it through. It takes longer than I am comfortable with but--YES! It is GONE! But just then I realize another one is ready to take that one’s place. With new resolve and determination, I go after the center of the newest offender! And another one. And another one. I realize as I rid my vision of one after another, the clouds become less frequent and smaller in size. Soon all I see is gorgeous deep blue evening sky, with one or two wispy little white clouds moving through. They no longer obstruct my view of the beauty of the night sky but somehow enhance the beauty. Even when a large cloud looms, it just passes through. I begin to just relax and bathe in the peace of the experience, knowing that God has given me authority over these clouds that would get in the way.

I open my eyes, and think “WOW. God, I want to see that AGAIN!!!” and close my eyes.

This time what I see is a very dirty, dusty, dank, smoky cave! The dust in the air is so thick I can’t see anything in front of me! What do I do? I begin to summon up all the breath in my body and blow as hard as I can. I realize I don’t have enough breath. Trying again, I realize that the breath that comes out of me this time is of a force I could never summon on my own. I walk carefully forward. The stench is that of decomposing leaf matter. I use my feet and shove it out of the way, and continue to walk forward. What is that in the upper corner of my line of vision? Is that blue? Ack, it’s gone. The smoke and dust covered it up again. I resolve to continue to move forward carefully, cleaning the path directly in front of me with my feet as I go. I begin to wave my arms and use my entire body to clear a path. I want to see that clear deep blue again! I see it growing before and above me. I finally step out of the cave into the beauty of the evening and see a few puffy white clouds. The air is clean and crisp and beautiful, and I am filled with joy and peace.

I open my eyes again, and ask God “ok, what was THAT about??!”

God tells me that I need to find a path out of the cave I’ve been in and continue to walk forward if I want to remain in the beauty of His Presence. Notice He did not say I had to clean out the entire cave. Nor did he say to go back in and do that. He said to continue to walk FORWARD, (not to the right or left, and not by looking back) removing obstacles as I go. But the only way to do that is to listen to His guidance and keep my eye on Him, and rely on the power of the Holy Spirit.

Left to my own devices, I’d still be in that cave. But I’m not. I’m here, laying on my back in the grass, watching the beauty of the evening sky, and the wonder of the One Bright Star. Clouds gather, but I realize that with the Holy Spirit I have authority to blow through and dissipate those clouds, and not let them stick around to obstruct my view of Jesus. How good, how beautiful, how glorious is our God?!!