FAITH CAPSULE: Engage prayer and your prayer will open heaven.
Matthew 7:7-11, Luke 3:1-22
Jesus was teaching when He said, in Matthew 7:7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” This is to say that the combination of asking, seeking, and knocking will bring about a great opening because a great God responds greatly to His great promise. Praying is the combination of asking, seeking, and knocking. The book Luke 3:21 documented, “When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened.” Jesus, by example and teaching, proved that the key for opening heaven is in prayer. Could have been that none prayed after having been baptized. Jesus refused not to be intimidated by their silence of not praying, Jesus went into prayer, after being baptized, and heaven opened. As a believer, do not look around you for who is praying and who is not praying. Engage prayer and your prayer will open heaven, and earth will not be able to stop your blessings. Here is what the opened heaven deposited in Jesus, “And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
The effect of an open heaven channeled Jesus into the center of His assignment on earth. Right after the open heaven’s manifestation, Luke 3:23 pointed out that, “…Jesus Himself began His ministry…” The word of God is true and, “All the scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction righteousness.” (2 Timothy 3:16) By this word, if you have prayed, and there is no experience of an open heaven on your behalf, it is time to take your prayer to the level where adversaries must be terminated. Jesus proved to us that prayer opens heaven, and the bible makes it known that adversaries are the ones that makes open heaven seem like it isn’t opened. It is written, “For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.” (1 Corinthians 16:9) How is your prayer life? If this is a new day, and you are expecting from God, consider, profess, and meditate that it shall be your season of open heaven. It is important to know that effective, fervent prayer will deny every adversary that could hinder your great and effective open heaven.
Prayer for today: Ask that every adversary that has positioned to deny your open heaven shall be burned off by the consuming fire of God.