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Expect an Open Heaven in 2011!

by Mahesh Chavda (January 2011)

Welcome to 2011! Crossing over into a New Year is always exciting. No matter what the past season, the New Year is like turning a page and getting a fresh start on the next chapter in your life’s journey. As we began this New Year together, we saw God taking His people from the place we had occupied in 2010 and setting us in motion for where He is bringing us in 2011. This is a year of destiny and a year of the Lord’s provision and abundance.

Psalm 65:11 says, “You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drip with abundance.” That’s God’s promise for us this year and every year. Another promise is, “My God will meet all your needs according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:19). This is the year of God’s supernatural blessing on you and your children like never before. Your needs for 2011 are already taken care of. Have no fear or anxiety. This is the living word of God. It is alive, active and full of power, and He is breathing on this word for you and your family this year. Start exercising faith for your family, and together, let us step into this promise for our Church and nation.

God gives us His compass points to direct us from season to season. The first and foremost is His word. It is immovable and eternal. It carries blessing and power for you and your generations. Another important compass point God gives us is natural Israel. Israel is a reflection in the spiritual realm of the Church.

Time and time again, when we see God breathe on His people Israel, there is a parallel move in the Church. The pogroms and persecution of the Jewish people in the late 1800’s awakened a dream of a Jewish state. Zionism was birthed, and Jews began to return to their ancient homeland. Shortly thereafter, God poured out His Spirit at Azusa, and a fresh Pentecost swept across the globe.

Out of the ashes of the Holocaust, God resurrected the modern state of Israel in 1948. At the same time the Latter-rain outpourings of healing were experienced in the Church.

In 1967 the Six-Day war restored Jerusalem to Israel just as the first bands of rain of the Charismatic renewal began to sweep across America and the nations. Many of us are products of that season of revival and restoration of the gifts to the Body of Christ.

This past year a whale was sighted by off the coast of Tel Aviv. This is the only recorded sighting in modern times. The only other one we know of is the account of Jonah thousands of years ago. For us, it was a sign that God is bringing His people -- natural Israel and His Church -- into a season of deliverance:

1. There is great deliverance for you and your children.
2. Whatever struggles you are going through – the devil has to vomit you out.
3. When you are delivered, you will come out smelling like a rose* and on the shore of your destiny.

In the closing days of 2010 there was another discovery that made us stop and take note. A new natural gas reserve was found just off the coast of Israel. It is the largest reserve of natural resources in Israel’s history and the largest find in the world in over a decade. Estimated to be worth $95 billion, the discovery has the potential to not only fulfill Israel’s energy needs for the next 100 years, but could put Israel in the position of exporting energy to other nations for the first time in her history.

What happens in Israel is a prophetic picture of what God is doing in the Church. So get ready!

In the realm of the Spirit, gas equates to power. You will have the supply and power not just for your needs, but for the needs of the whole world – that the Gospel will be proclaimed as a testimony to the nations. 2011 is going to be a year of the Open Heaven. It will be a year of unusual abundance and fruitfulness for us and our children.

Tapping into the Reserve

“And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel…’” (Numbers 13:1).

Moses sent out the spies as the Lord instructed, and they came back with a report and a sign. The land was flowing with milk and honey. They brought back a sample of fruit – a cluster of grapes so large that it required two men to carry it. But they also brought news that caused Israel to tremble: There were giants in the land.

The grapes were representative of all the promises and blessings God had in store for His people in the land He was giving them. They were a sign of the inheritance that He had for them and their children. But the people focused on the giants and that generation missed out on the blessings God intended for them.

The grape cluster is a symbol for us this year. As God is highlighting the provision He has for natural Israel; He is highlighting for us that there are blessings for us, too. It is just a matter of tapping into the supply and crossing over to possess them.

This year will not be without battles. There may be giants squatting on your promises right now, but this is the year to cross over and take possession. You are going to need the presence and power of God, but He wants to give you victory and bring you and your children into inheritance of His promised-land provision.

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God made a special promise to everyone who will listen to His voice: “If you listen obediently to the Voice of GOD, your God, and heartily obey all His commandments that I command you today, GOD, your God, will place you on high, high above all the nations of the world. All these blessings will come down on you and spread out beyond you because you have responded to the Voice of GOD, your God” (Deut. 28:1-2 TM).

Did you know that there are twenty-six categories of blessings to follow? They cover everything from your finances to your children, to your health and the very cooperation of heaven and earth with everything you set your hand to! Talk about coverage. And not only that, you don’t have to wait to claim these benefits. God commands these blessings to catch up to you and overtake you.

Have you been worried about misfortune catching up with you and wrecking some area of your life? In the natural we buy insurance to cover the unexpected. But you can make sure the very opposite happens. You can step under God’s plan – it covers just about everything including the kitchen sink and insures you always come out on top. The price for this coverage was already paid at the cross. Now all you have to do to activate your policy is learn to work with God as He speaks to you. Notice there are two steps God gives for His policy: 1. Listen to what He says. Do what He tells you. It’s as simple as that! So activate your blessing - get in the game and cooperate with what He says.

What are you anxious for today? Take some time and write them down. Now read God’s coverage policy from Deuteronomy 28– and begin to thank Him for His lavish blessing for each one of your concerns right now! He’s got you covered.

GOD's blessing inside the city, GOD's blessing in the country; GOD's blessing on your children, the crops of your land, the young of your livestock, the calves of your herds, the lambs of your flocks. GOD's blessing on your basket and bread bowl; GOD's blessing in your coming in, GOD's blessing in your going out. GOD will defeat your enemies who attack you. They'll come at you on one road and run away on seven roads.

GOD will order a blessing on your barns and workplaces; he'll bless you in the land that GOD, your God, is giving you. ...GOD will lavish you with good things: children from your womb, offspring from your animals, and crops from your land, the land that GOD promised your ancestors that he would give you. GOD will throw open the doors of his sky vaults and pour rain on your land on schedule and bless the work you take in hand. You will lend to many nations but you yourself won't have to take out a loan. GOD will make you the head, not the tail; you'll always be the top dog, never the bottom dog, as you obediently listen to and diligently keep the commands of GOD, your God, that I am commanding you today. Deut. 28:6-14 The Message

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Moses prayed, “Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight” (Exodus 33:13).

Have you ever found yourself in the middle of one of those seasons where it seems somebody opened the floodgates and said, “Okay, throw everything and the kitchen sink this way and let’s see how this guy, this gal, handles it!”? The old saying “when it rains it pours” didn’t come out of nowhere. And it hardly seems likely that trouble and the favor of God are bound together. But they are.

I heard a preacher say, “God will hurt you but He will never harm you.” Too often we forget that the real priority God has for us in this life is that Christ be formed in us. Do you know what it took for Jesus to demonstrate true sonship? “During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and He was heard because of his reverent submission. Although He was a son, He learned obedience from what He suffered and, once made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him” (Heb. 5:8). And then He died! The writer goes on to say he has a lot to say about that and the people of God have a lot to learn but they can’t because they are all big babies.

In Exodus 33 it seems neither God nor Moses are eager to claim responsibility for the children of Israel. Finally Moses says, “Look, I’ll lead them if and only if You promise to come with us!” God agrees to come along while refusing to make Himself clearly visible. Even when the Lord is present we can miss Him unless we know how He conducts His business. I am learning to not to say, “God would never allow such and such.” Moses had to come to understand God’s ways to navigate the wilderness. God allows tough situations to come at us in order to form a more perfect heart within us. Seasons of trouble are there to train us to recognize His voice and trust Him no matter what. He isn’t nearly as concerned for our welfare as He is for our wellbeing. And He will use everything and the kitchen sink to form true sons out of former slaves.

So the next time it’s raining cats and dogs of trouble, look through the downpour and you be sure to see the Rainmaker standing there soaking wet right along with you.

“To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me. Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous. Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long” Psalm 25:1-5.