Part 19 Prayer that moves mountains: Part 2

Part 19 Prayer that moves mountains: Part 2

Revelation 8:3	And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4	And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
5	And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

The use of incense in scripture is clearly identified as a symbol for prayer

Psalms 141:2

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

We must move beyond the symbolism to the realty, Gods house must be filled with incense if we are to move on to the next level breaking through into the manifest presence of God and taking the presence with us out into the world.

We are to become the censor of Gods presence

God wants our prayer life to be ignited by the fire of God which can make a difference in this earth;

Revelation 8:5

And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake

We are very good at offering strange incense

Leviticus 10:1	And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
2	And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

Thank God we are living in the day of grace; if we were not the Christian population would be greatly reduced.

We are very good at making unclean incense; we are often guilty of offering strange fire. True intercession is not presenting to God a list of things that our on our heart, it is God who takes the incense of His own heart and sprinkles it on the Holy Spirit fire in our hearts.

We have seen that the closer one gets to Gods presence the greater the requirement for Gold in our lives; you can’t even enter the holy place with brass or wood.

2 Timothy 2:20	But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
21	If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

When the Lord finds a purified vessel in which He can pour incense into, the result is EXPLOSIVE PROPHETIC PRAYER THAT IS ALLWAYS ANSWERED.

The incense bursts into flame within our hearts and is acceptable to God achieving the desires of His heart

Psalm 37:4 elegantly expresses this concept:

Psalms 37:4

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Quite often this scripture is interpreted as; if we love God He will grant the desires of our own heart. However this is not the case, what this scripture is saying is this.

If you delight yourself in the Lord (develop an intimate relationship with Him) He will place in your heart HIS DESIRES.

When this happens and God places his incense His desires into a pure heart? an explosion of prayer takes place that is so powerful that nothing can stand against it.

This takes prayer to a completely new level where one operates out of the holiest of all in great power and authority, bringing us to place where our prayers become a declaration of what God wants done; and this is achieved through God being able to ignite the incense that He has placed in our hearts. We then become His sons administrating the affairs of His kingdom, co heirs in the Kingdom of God, working together with God not for God.

Romans 8:17	And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Galatians 4:1	Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
2	But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
7	Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Its time to grow up It is time for our relationship to change from a servant to a son, its time to know the heart of God, to know His desires and to administer His desires into this earth.

John 15:15	Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Romans 8:19	For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

God BlessN Johnson © April 13. 2007