ENGAGE HEAVEN DISTINCTIVELY
Every distinct action commands Heaven’s attention. Distinct action will provoke instant attention from Heaven. There have been instant attentions such as healing, undeniable deliverance and unstoppable moves of God’s hand recorded through the pages of the Bible.
Imagine four men carried a paralytic man to Jesus’ crusade hoping for healing in the hand of Jesus and as a result, “…when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.” (Mark 2:4) The four men engaged a distinct action when they lifted the paralytic man up to another level by engaging a roof-tearing faith. The Bible records, “When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, ‘Son, your sins are forgiven you.’” (Mark 2:5) Jesus saw the roof-tearing action and the Bible records it that Jesus saw their faith. Can you imagine your miracle breakthrough? One who can imagine must be able to think through receiving their miracle. The Bible admonishes us, “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he…” (Proverbs 23:7) As a believer, begin to imagine and think through your miracle as a done deal.
Faith is see-able because faith is action before God. Faith is acting out the word of God which one hears. Faith is behaving what you believe. As believers, we are to take a position to hear, believe, behave and become. It is important to always keep in mind that God is a God of knowledge and by Him all actions are weigh (1 Samuel 2:3). Our action that is rooted in the knowledge of God is the evidence of understanding the power of God and that is what God is looking for. So many provoked Heaven by engaging distinction action (action that is not common) by virtue of their thoughts and spoken word.
The three friends of Daniel (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego) provoked Heaven by their distinct spoken word in response to King Nebuchadnezzar’s attempt to cause them to deny their God. A decree was made against any who declined to worship the gold image of King Nebuchadnezzar. When the three friends of Daniel refused to worship, it was made known to them, “…but if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you from my hands?” (Daniel 3:15) The three friends of Daniel without hesitation or any sign of fear, spoke distinctively in response to the king. “…O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.” (Daniel 3:17-18) Distinct response provoked Heaven and Jesus made the choice to come down instantly instead of sending angel for their deliverance.
The Bible documents the testimony of an unbelieving king Nebuchadnezzar to the distinct provocation in the statement of Daniels’s three friends, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.”(Daniel 3:25) Heaven will react in response to how we exercise faith distinctively in the face of challenges. Give Heaven a distinct action by your thinking or how you speak and Heaven shall surely respond on your behalf with a distinct attention.
FAITH CAPSULE:
Every distinct action commands Heaven’s attention.