There are many layers of seeing. What we see is not the only layer of seeing available. Just as there are many layers of hearing and what we hear is not the only layer available. Most miscommunication between us is because we are not hearing on the layer the person is speaking. But once we are on the same “playing field” we can hear the same and see the same way. This takes time to listen, time to consider what someone else is seeing and time to be patient for someone may see or hear something we don’t, because they are looking at it from a different layer than we are.

1 Corinthians 2:14 says, “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.” This describes the natural layer many people hear and see from and the spiritual layer. One is not superior to the other in the sense of heirarchy, control or domination, but they are two different layers of seeing and hearing.

In the natural we are seeing and hearing of bridges collapsing, roads being flooded, people being stranded in mountain regions, food supply being limited, interstates being closed and cities being cut off from cellular and internet service. We see trees that have fallen, water levels that have risen and cars and houses that are submerged in water. We have heard there are at least 50 casualties and in the natural it is challenging, heartbreaking and in some ways devastating.

In the spirit there is another narrative being declared. Psalm 29 says, “The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over many waters. The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD sits enthroned as king forever.” What is the voice of the Lord saying? I heard the Lord says, “this hurricane came to cleanse the atmosphere.” A friend arrived from Houston last night and she said, “The Lord told me this rain is cleansing the atmosphere.” For me that was an echo.

It may be hard to hear the voice of the Lord when you are seeing all the images on the news, but this deluge happening the week of Rosh Hashannah, the Hebrew New Year 5785 is not coincidental. The cities being highlighted on the news are not coincidental. God is cleansing the atmosphere and a little research on the cities being named will reveal hidden truths about the spiritual cleansing that is happening in this flood of 2024, much like as in the days of Noah. We on this side of the Mississippi are being cleansed for a mighty move of God that will bless a nation.