ATTRACTING HEAVEN ON EARTH
Tuesday 15th November 2022
Daniel 12:10 Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.
The Bible tells us that as the world comes to a conclusion, there will be high levels of wickedness and many will have depraved minds choosing to sell themselves to evil. (Romans 1:28)
But as wickedness increases, so will righteousness.
Isaiah 60:2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the LORD will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you.
We, therefore, need to set ourselves in such a way that God's glory begins to rise upon us. As wickedness increases, the glorious light of God's Kingdom must beam through our lives.
What do we need to do so that this glory can find full manifestation in our lives?
Romans 5:20 …But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more,
We need to set our hearts so that God's grace finds a landing ground (heart): so that we don't counter but overwhelm darkness that tends to invade our families, homes, lives, etc.
So there are preconditions we need to engage in as body so that this glory finds full manifestation in our lives.
1. Humbling ourselves
Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
1 Peter 5:6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God,...
Throughout the scriptures, every time evil reared its head out, the people of God got down on their knees and humbled themselves: this is the condition that sets us to receiving great grace upon our hearts;
When the word of the Lord came to the people of Nineveh, there was a humbling Jonah 3:5
2. Building an altar
1 Kings 18:30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.
When the altar life is neglected, the nation backslides that is why the first thing Elijah did was to repair the altar when the nation of Israel was sold to decadence.
It is the altar that attracts the fire of transformation, revival, and provides a landing platform for the heaven on earth.
3. The power of the Holy Spirit upon the hearts of men
Laws are not bad but they cannot help us, we need the power of the Holy Spirit to help us: it takes the fire of God upon the hearts of men to see change and transformation.
Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.
The only true source of transformation can come from the heart of heaven; the very presence of God. Any change outside the figure of God is cosmetic because that which God does is forever.
John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
2 Corinthians 3:6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Many of us have letters upon our lips, we speak death instead of life, it is the Spirit of the letter that brings out life.
4. Our consciousness of who is with us
1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Our consciousness of who we are and whom we have is the key to overcoming. It was Joseph's consciousness of God that released the strength and ability to flee from what was pursuing him. (Genesis 39:9)
When our hearts get into this posture where God sees and knows that He is the only help we have, we will begin to see the help of God manifested in different ways through our lives.
Further Study
2 Samuel 24:14
1 Samuel 16:1-13
Any dealing with God and man is at the heart level.
1 Chronicles 21:26
Any plague in a home, family, ministry, or nation can only be stopped by erecting an a
