Flipping: Seeing Spirit to Spirit
This conversation began with a simple truth: I am a spiritual being living out as a human being. From that truth came a stream of discovery about how the Spirit of God moves within this earthly body, and how flipping the lens of understanding reveals peace, boldness, and companionship with God in new ways.
When I saw the tension between flesh and spirit not as a moral battle but as two natures sharing one vessel, something inside me quieted. My spirit felt still and certain. That quiet certainty held authority—it didn’t shout, it just knew. When I stayed there, before my mind tried to explain it, peace arrived.
Someone once told me, “You’re only human,” and it triggered something in me. I realized that I had believed I lacked knowledge about how to be human. But when the Spirit leads, I receive divine understanding about living in this body. I began to see that this human experience is the divine classroom where I grow in Christ.
Then came a revelation. It’s not my spirit moving through this body—it’s the Spirit of God. That awareness changed how I saw prayer.
I thought about an iPhone feature that lets you flip the camera to get a new perspective or show what’s really happening in real time. Understanding Spirit to Spirit is just like that—flipping the lens to see that more is happening than what’s visible. Flipping is connection. Flipping is prayer.
When I flip, the view I see changes first. The shift isn’t about the outer world changing; it’s about my inner vision aligning with truth. And when that happens, I see God’s presence right there in the middle of things. Scripture begins to appear alive—not something to apply, but something being revealed.
Each verse I see in those moments brings comfort, correction, and companionship. Comfort in knowing God is with me. Correction that realigns my behavior with His word. Companionship that reassures me He’s guiding me into truth.
That peace teaches me—it’s not just a feeling of relief. It produces fruit: clarity, humility, and a softened heart. Peace becomes a teacher, not a sedative.
This awareness has also corrected false teachings and lack of knowledge I once held. A friend recently told me that I reflect the teaching, prophetic, and apostolic gifts. In the past, I rejected those titles because of unhealthy models I’d seen. Now, understanding Spirit to Spirit, I see that I reflect those qualities because I reflect Christ’s Spirit.
Seeing it this way removes the pressure of doing. It shifts everything toward being tuned to the Spirit’s movement within me. It opens my heart to boldness, humility, and the fading of fear.
That boldness shows up in two ways—silence and speech. Silence to savor the sweetness of His presence, and speech to share it. The silence roots what’s forming. The words release it.
When I speak from that place, it feels like both fire and still water. Fire in moments of truth, still waters when I reflect back what’s been said in love. Together they carry the same purpose—that God is present, helping us understand Himself.
“Flipping” has changed how I understand prayer, purpose, and presence. It’s not about striving to reach God—it’s about turning the lens to see that He’s already there. The Spirit of God moves through this earthly body, teaching me to see scripture come alive in real time. Each flip returns me to peace, to truth, and to the companionship of the One who leads me into all understanding.
Flipping is not just a change of view—it’s the sacred pause where the Spirit separates from the noise of the body. In that pause, I see. I see the movement of God.
