What 2022 holds for us is “Days of Heaven on Earth!”
Deuteronomy 11:21 reads, “That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.”
Days of heaven on earth is what God has planned and provided for His children, but we won’t just automatically float into that. The way to live “days of heaven upon the earth” is stated in the previous verses, starting with verse 18: “Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth” (Deut. 11:18-21).
How we treat the Word, giving the Word its rightful place in our lives and in our homes, and being doers of the Word, is how we experience “days of heaven upon the earth.” The more we renew our minds with God’s Word, taking on His way of thinking, speaking, and acting, the more we move into heaven’s flow — we move into how heaven operates. As we give the Word first place in our lives, life becomes sweeter and sweeter.
Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. When we make the Word the centerpiece of our lives and homes, we come into a living faith, and it’s by that faith that we lay hold of, receive, and experience all that Heaven provided for us — which brings us into “days of heaven upon the earth.”
This is the kind of life God authored for His children. He did not put us here to live lives that would be full of heartache, tragedy, fear, depression, and hardship. No! He has provided for every need we will ever face in this life, and when we partake of what He has already provided for us, we will live days of heaven on earth.
Again, verse 21 tells us, “That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.”
When we give the Word first place in our lives and home, our days on this earth will be multiplied — not shortened. Not only that, our children’s days will be multiplied. The blessing of that Word governing us will bless the next generation.
Verse 21 also reads, “…IN THE LAND which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them….” In this passage, God was referring to them occupying the land He gave them — the Promised Land. That’s where He told them to be. That’s where their days could be multiplied.
The Promised Land for us is being where He told us to be — in the place He leads us to — in the right local church, under the right pastor, and serving in that church — that is where our days can be multiplied. Be where God told you to be, and don’t exchange that place for anything else.
Ephesians 1:3 tells us, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.” Another translation reads, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with everything that Heaven itself enjoys.” I like that! Nothing that heaven enjoys has been withheld from us while we are on the earth.
Romans 14:17 says, “For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.” Righteousness, peace, and joy — that is the flow of heaven, and that flow is offered to us while we are on the earth – a life of righteousness (Jesus has made us righteous) that lives in peace and joy. There’s no sadness, depression, fear, or torment in heaven, therefore, we can walk free from those things while we are on the earth, for the flow of heaven — righteousness, joy, and peace — is available to us NOW! We have already been blessed with everything that heaven is enjoying, and that’s what heaven is enjoying! No matter what circumstances show up in this life, they cannot remove the flow that heaven has already bestowed upon us — peace and joy. Choose heaven’s flow, a flow of peace and joy, right in the midst of opposing circumstances, and you will experience heaven on earth, no matter what the opposition!
Look at what Colossians 3:1-3 tells us: “If then you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, thus sharing His resurrection from the dead], aim at and seek the [rich, eternal treasures] that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth. For [as far as this world is concerned] you have died, and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God” (AMPC).
We don’t live days of heaven on earth by having our attention and focus fixed on earth and what’s happening here, but we are to be fixed on heaven. We are to live mindful of who He has made us to be in Christ.
Days of heaven on earth have always belonged to God’s people, but in 2022, we are to emphasize living with Him in that flow — heaven’s flow.
