When Heaven Steps In

Psalm 121:1–2 (NKJV): “I lift up my eyes to the hills— Where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.”
Supernatural help is divine intervention, God releasing heavenly resources to accomplish what human strength cannot. When natural help runs out, help from above steps in.
Zechariah 4:6 (NKJV): “’Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts.”
All of Heaven is Ready To Help. We aren’t limited to earthly systems, we are connected to heaven. Supernatural access & activity. Psalm 68:19 (NKJV): “Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, the God of our salvation.” Heaven has resources you don’t see yet. They require activation.
God sends help before the crisis even arises. What you can’t fix naturally, God handles supernaturally.
Here is a great thought: If God is your source, then lack is only temporary.
Your Help Comes with Angelic Assistance. Angels are not myths, they are ministering servants assigned to believers. Hebrews 1:14 (NKJV): “Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?”
Angels strengthened Jesus at Gethsemane, Luke 22:43 (NKJV): “Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him.”
Angels protected Daniel in the lions’ den, Daniel 6:22 (NLT): “My God sent his angel to shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have been found innocent in his sight. And I have not wronged you, Your Majesty.”
Angels assisted Peter’s release from prison, Acts 12:1-11 (NKJV): “Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3 And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during the Days of Unleavened Bread. So when he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four [a] squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover.
Peter Freed from Prison
5 “Peter was therefore kept in prison, but [b] constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church. And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were [c] keeping the prison. 7 Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, ‘Arise quickly!’ And his chains fell off his hands. Then the angel said to him, ‘Gird yourself and tie on your sandals;’ and so he did. And he said to him, ‘Put on your garment and follow me.’ 9 So he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. When they were past the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.
11 “And when Peter had come to himself, he said, ‘Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.’” When God sends help from heaven it changes what happens on earth.
Supernatural Help Is Activated Through Prayer. Prayer is not you begging, it’s you accessing heaven.
“I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4 (NKJV)
Prayer invites divine involvement. Prayer opens doors no man can shut. Prayer pulls heaven into earthly timeline. When you pray, heaven moves, even when you don’t see it yet.
Heaven’s Help Always Comes at Just the Right Time. God’s help is never late, even when it feels delayed. “God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 (NKJV)
He is the God of the Suddenlies: sudden supernatural turnarounds. Supernatural Delays are not Supernatural Denials. Heaven’s timing is always precise. When you feel like you’ve reached the end of thing, you’re more than likely standing at the door of a supernatural thing.
In Closing, Our greatest help didn’t come just as a Promise—it came as a Person.
Shift Your Focus Upward, Listen To What He Says, Say What You See
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Rev. Bryan A. Tomes
Crossroads Community Church
www.crossroadsconnects.com