Matthew 11:12 (TPT) 

     From the moment John stepped onto the scene until now, the realm of heaven’s kingdom is bursting forth, and passionate people have taken hold of its power.

 

Matthew 6:10

     Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

 

Jesus told His disciples to pray this way. This was in the days of John the Baptist. When the church declares this, we are filling the earth with Heaven, according to God‘s will. 

 

I Timothy 6:12

      Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

 

We are instructed to fight the good fight of faith and lay hold of Eternal Life; Eternal Life, the Kingdom of God, contains all that we need for earth. We violently take hold of it by declaring the Word of God and by acting in line with the Word we are declaring. 

 

Since the days of John the Baptist God’s people have been laying hold of the Kingdom of God. Laying hold of everything that’s in it that we need for earth. 

 

In Matthew chapter 3 we read about how John the Baptist dealt with the pretenders. He got mean an ugly about their pretense—their ungodly ways. 

 

Sickness is ugly in our body. Sickness is the second phase of death. The first phase is weakness, then sickness and then death. (I Corinthians 11:30)

 

When symptoms come accusing you of being sick, you violate those symptoms with faith actions that are opposite of the sickness. (James 2:17) 

 

Years ago my knees started giving me trouble, so I violated the weakness in my knees by walking up and down the stairs several times a day. My knees were sore and did not appreciate me treating them as though they didn’t have an issue. 

 

I violated the knee issue by laying hold of Eternal Life—the Kingdom of God, the healing power for my knees. At that time I served as an usher in church as well. I had to concentrate on every step I took. No one could tell that I was having knee trouble. Soon after, every bit of that difficulty was gone. 

 

Years ago my spiritual mother told a story about a pastor with severe back issues and was in constant pain. In one of her meetings she called for the sick to come forward; he came and when she got to him she laid hands on him and said “Brother, you are going to have to get mean and ugly about this.” And that he did, however, he was not any better.

 

His house needed spray painting but he had been too sick to do it. The next day he told his wife to fill the spray tank with paint and bring it to him. She did; he then instructed her to put it on his back. She asked, in dismay, knowing how much he was suffering, “Are you sure?” He said, “Yes”. 

 

She lifted up the tank and strapped it to his back, hearing his agony as he bore the weight. Quoting healing scriptures he got mean and ugly against this severe difficulty—he violated that mess as he pulled Heaven down to earth according to the will of God. 

 

He then began to climb the latter groaning in agony on each rung. By the time he got around to the back of the house every bit of the pain was gone. The Kingdom of Heaven suffered violence that day as this man pulled Heaven to earth for his wellbeing.

 

There isn’t any sickness in Heaven. “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” 

 

The problem with a lot of Christians is they don’t want it bad enough to get mean and ugly about it. Instead of bringing Heaven down, they are raising hell—bringing hell up. Sickness is from hell and when God’s folk run around with it, catering to it with meds, glasses, hearing aids, no longer drive or no longer drive at night etc. they are bringing hell up instead of Heaven down. They are okay with hell in their body. I wear glasses because in my 40’s when I needed reading glasses I just got them, not thinking about weakness in my eyes being from hell. In my 50’s I needed glasses for distance and again I just got glasses not thinking about weak eyes being from hell. We’ve been redeemed from weakness, sickness and death from them. Now is a new day. My eyes get stronger every day. I still wear glasses but before long you will never see glasses on my face again. I have learned how to spend my faith. I no longer bring hell up, I bring Heaven down every time I declare my eyes are strong.

 

This man followed the instruction that my spiritual mother gave him and that’s why he came out on the other side. Whenever you need something, God will always give you instruction to follow and when you do, you walk right into your victory. Faith to follow is faith to receive.

 

Let us be passionate and pull Heaven to earth to win the lost, heal the sick, cast out demons and raise the dead. (Mark 16:15-18)

 

Have a victorious week everyone and remember that Jesus is coming soon!