My attention was drawn to a hairy little spider about the size of a black bean. It effortlessly moved into my field of vision as it slipped out from under the deck rail onto the inside edge of the two by four. Then it crossed over onto the top and back to the side where it clung on like it was a rock climber on the side of a cliff. It crossed back underneath where it rested on the surface of the underside of the rail. It was under it but on it. It was weightless. It experienced no inhibition. It moved freely from one orientation to the other.
The Bible refers to a spider in Solomon’s palace (Proverbs 30:28 KJV). It would have eluded the guards and easily entered without detection. Except for this day. When Solomon was still and focused enough to notice (Psalm 46:10). Then the spider entered his meditation. Uninvited but welcome. The palace became his study and his meditation became Scripture. Solomon moved as effortlessly as the spider on my deck from a worldly orientation to a heavenly perspective. He left gravity behind and everything else that would pull him away and he crossed over into the spirit. He transitioned from the underside and shed his camouflage. He slid out of any blind spot that hid God from his vision. He came into the rays of light. God could see him on either surface, but Solomon moved into God’s presence so he could see the heavens that declare the mystery of dwelling in the Spirit.
“Those who live according to the Spirit have their minds set on the things of the Spirit” (Romans 8:5b).
Stephen Williams