Stop Hallucinating

Mar 03, 2024

Message 2 of 4 from the series Stop it!

To hallucinate is to see or hear something that's not really there. If you hallucinate, it's a bit like dreaming while being awake.

Hallucinating: to seem to see, hear, feel, or smell something that does not exist, usually because of a health condition or because you have taken a drug: He hadn't slept for several days and was hallucinating through exhaustion and dehydration. He began hallucinating and hearing voices.

To stop hallucinating…

Discern What You Are Seeing (Number 13 & 14)

"And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.”" Numbers‬ ‭13‬:‭33‬ ‭ESV‬‬

How are you seeing yourself? Is your view of yourself too small like the Israelites? Realize how big you are in the Spirit because of Who’s you are, Who is with you, and Who is in you. A lack of viewing yourself properly will lead to hallucination.

"Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night. And all the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?” And they said to one another, “Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt.”" Numbers‬ ‭14‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

When you start hallucinating, you begin making up things that don’t exist and aren’t true. Your hallucinations will make you believe the wrong thing about the Lord and your future. Don’t fall into the trap.

"Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.”" Numbers‬ ‭14‬:‭9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Giving into hallucinations and making decisions from a hallucinate state and frame of mind is rebellion against the Lord.

"And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people despise Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them?" Numbers‬ ‭14‬:‭11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Hallucinations and giving into them reveals your beliefs. God sees it as you despising Him.

Watch Where You Are Going (Joshua 2:1-11)

"and said to the men, “I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you devoted to destruction. And as soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no spirit left in any man because of you, for the Lord your God, He is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath." Joshua‬ ‭2‬:‭9‬-‭11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

See! Joshua and Caleb were right! While the 10 spies saw themselves as grasshoppers, the people in their promise had been in fear of them since they crossed the Red Sea when they first left Egypt!

Don’t allow fear to lead to you giving into hallucinations that will keep you out of your promise and fulfilling the call of God on your life.

Monitor What You Are Consuming (Proverbs 23:29-35)

"Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart utter perverse things." Proverbs‬ ‭23‬:‭33‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Be careful about what you consume! Consuming the wrong things will cause you to hallucinate and there are consequences for giving in!

Evaluate What You Are Doing (Romans 1:24-27)

"Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen." Romans‬ ‭1‬:‭24‬-‭25‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Stop hallucinating before the Lord gives you over to it! Evaluate the things you are doing and choosing to engage in. Don’t believe the lies.

No More Hallucinating!

Stop hallucinating so you don’t miss out on the promises God has for you and the amazing things He wants to do and accomplish through your life.