PROVOKING OPEN HEAVEN PART 2
BE KINGDOM DRIVEN
Let God’s thing be your priority. Be part of all that concerns God let him be the first in all you do.
Matthew 6:33-34 KJV
[33] But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. [34] Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
2 Chronicles 2:1-5 KJV
[1] And Solomon determined to build a house for the name of the Lord, and a house for his kingdom. [2] And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. [3] And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. [4] Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. [5] And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
SOLOMON
2 Chronicles 2:1-5 KJV
[1] And Solomon determined to build a house for the name of the Lord, and a house for his kingdom. [2] And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. [3] And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, even so, deal with me. [4] Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. [5] And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
DAVID
Psalm 69:9 KJV
[9] For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
- LIFESTYLE OF FASTING AND PRAYER
Some changes will not come until you fast and pray. Spend time with God alone to provoke your heaven so it can be opened.
JESUS
Matthew 3:16-17 KJV
[16] And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: [17] And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
PETER
Acts 10:9-11 KJV
[9] On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: [10] And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, [11] And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
ME AND YOU
Isaiah 58:6-10 KJV
[6] Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? [7] Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? [8] Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy reward. [9] Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; [10] And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
- LIFESTYLE OF THANKSGIVING AND PRAISES
If your heaven must be opened God who seats in the heaven must be praised.
Your praises move God from his seat and then heaven is open and he attends to all that concerns you.
Psalm 68:4-6 KJV
[4] Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him. [5] A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. [6] God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
Psalm 22:2-3 KJV
[2] O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not, and in the night season, and am not silent. [3] But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
WHAT HAPPEN WHEN ALL OF THIS IS DONE?
How do I then know that my heaven has been open? what do I begin to see or experience?
ABOUNDANCE. 2 Con 9:8. Psm 36:8. Gen 7:11-20
CHANGE OF LEVEL. Ish 43:19
SCARCITY TO PLENTY. Deuteronomy 28:2 Eph 3:20
SEASONAL PROVISION TO EVER INCREASING PROVISION. Mal 3:8-10. Phill 4:19
VISIONS FROM HEAVEN Eze 1:1. John 1:51. Acts 7:56. Acts 10:11
Man can only see Gods mind for himself through heavenly vision.
Life of Sanctification Ish 45:8