– by Steve Driessen
Let the Heavens Be Open
In Genesis 28, Jacob had a vision of heaven opening and a ladder coming down, with angels ascending and descending on it from heaven to earth. He called the place Bethel, House of God. Jacob means “deceiver,” and at that point God began to deal with the “Jacob” in Jacob.
Jacob is a type of any person who will put himself in position to receive revelation from God. We all have some Jacob left in us that must be dealt with before we can be presented to the world as a gateway to the kingdom of heaven. As an opening to the kingdom of heaven, a portal into the supernatural, you are called to become a dwelling place for Almighty God here on earth, in your nation, in your city, for, “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16).
Even though the Body of Christ presently looks very weak in some areas around the world, ordinary people like you and me can enter into divine revelation that will bring transformation to our areas of influence. The Lord wants to turn the wounded, wandering sheep of His Church into warhorses.
Therefore the people wander like sheep oppressed for lack of a shepherd. My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders; for the Lord Almighty will care for his flock, the house of Judah, and make them like a proud horse [warhorse] in battle. — Zechariah 10:2b-3
But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall. — Malachi 4:2
The firestorm in my vision (see Part 1) burned away the canopy above the forest floor, allowing light and new growth to take place, so that the forest creatures had good things to eat. We need to be feeding in the kingdom of light. Jesus, the Light, said, “Unless you eat me and drink me in, you have no life in you” (John 6:53, paraphrase). Starving people will eat anything, even the things that will kill them. But God wants His people to have light and to feed on that which brings life.
Next time we will see what happens when the people of God have the opportunity to feed on life-giving food in the kingdom of light.
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