In Revelation 1, when John says that he was “in the Spirit”, he is describing a posture in his mind/heart/life that every follower of Christ can have...that enables our hearts/minds/life to know the voice of God and hear HIS voice that is beyond what only words can ever convey! Over the last several days,sitting on what John meant by “in the Spirit”, I believe he is talking about the completeness of what Isaiah describes in Isaiah 11:2 when describing “The Spirit of The Lord shall rest upon Him (Jesus), The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of (AWESOME REVERENCE OF) The Lord.” John & Isaiah are telling us how to tune all frequencies of our life in to The Spirit so that we may hear more clearly and definitively the Voice of God. SO- the “variables” that I must TUNE in my life for this to happen are: 1)Acknowledging the Leadership of The Lord in my life-Trusting and committing to Follow Him. 2)Seek and Rely on The Lord’s Wisdom ONLY. 3)Seek to truly Understand His Wisdom and Apply His Wisdom to all mind/heart/life responses. 4) Seek The Lord in Prayer to learn what HIS Counsel is about mind/heart/life “stuffs”. 5) After all the above,rely on HIS Strength not mine to follow through with HIS Ways about all things, & turn from my ways that are out of tune with HIS. 6) Study and Learn what The Lord teaches in HIS “Textbook” about HIS Character;HIS Promises;HIS People;HIS Love; HIS Mercy;HIS Grace;etc. 7)May our whole life,everything we think,say,& do be a reflection of our Absolute Reverence for WHO God IS;for WHAT He has done; for His Promises;for HIS Righteous & HIS Holy Love for us ultimately expressed through Jesus Christ. Dear Lord,thank You for making it clear through Your Word how I may hear Your Voice as John did on Patmos! Now I know some of the reasons that you have seemed silent sometimes in my life...forgive me,& now be my Helper and my Strength in bringing all of these things IN TUNE in all of my life so I may know Your Voice more clearly every day, and keep me from being deceived….and especially from deceiving myself…