The Court of Heaven – Enforcing the Verdict
When we learn to operate in the courts of heaven, most of us begin in the court of accusation where we receive a verdict from the Judge concerning a particular issue. One question I’m often asked is what to do if the ruling of the court does not immediately manifest here on earth?
Many people believe that once they’ve appeared in the court of heaven and received a ruling, their part in the process is over. It’s up to God to enforce heaven’s verdict. But God is not the enforcer of His will on earth.
The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s;
But the earth He has given to the children of men.
Ps 115:16
God has given us control of the affairs of earth. It’s why we endure war and suffering, despite the fact that they’re not God’s will. Jesus gave us power and authority to help us rightly govern the affairs of earth.
A verdict from the court of heaven gives us a legal ruling that reveals heaven’s will. It doesn’t guarantee that the kingdom of darkness will honor that ruling. Our appearance in the court of heaven makes us aware of God’s will. The enforcement of His will—revealed in His rulings—is our responsibility. In heaven, we’re something like attorneys. On earth, we’re more like police officers.
A friend sent me his testimony of the battles he’s had that illustrate this principle.
Enforcing Court Decisions
Years ago, I was the national sales manager for a construction products company. The product we sold required certification of code compliance because building projects have to be done according to the building code. Our product was controversial. It saved construction costs and energy. This meant that there would be some trade workers who would not be doing the same amount of work as before. Less work equals less money to be paid by the owner. In our case, it meant the project didn’t need a lot of expensive sheet metal, rooftop exhaust fans, and fire-rated chase.
At this point, politics came into play as sheet metal unions, electrical unions and so forth got involved. This meant our product would not be approved by an affected building code department because of political pressure.
In Florida, we went to court and ended up in the Florida Supreme Court. We got a favorable ruling. This ruling stated that our product met the Southern Standard Building Code which the state of Florida had adopted. Therefore, our product was deemed in compliance with all state and municipal building codes.
Yeah for the good guys! We won. All our problems with local code boards were over. Right?
Ah – No.
We had to hire a high-powered code consultant. After our product was rejected by a code department, and we informed them of the Florida Supreme Court Decision and gave them a copy of that decision, sometimes things proceeded nicely. Other times, we had to hire a lawyer and take them to court to enforce the high court’s decision.
In most cases, the building code departments knew they would lose but made us spend time and money anyway in hope that we would walk away. We did walk away sometimes because it got to be expensive. So, even with the law on our side, it was up to us to enforce a court decision in our favor. This is so much like our reason for the Prayer of Petition or as you teach: the Courts of Heaven.
Related:
My Abortion Goes Before the Court of Heaven
Healing Breakthrough in the Courts of Heaven
The Court of Heaven – Wisdom Appears
The Courts of Heaven: Answering the Critics
For more information on the court of heaven, check out my book Defeating Your Adversary in the Court of Heaven.
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Great testimony! Very appropriate for our current days, where everything could be politicized. Cidben
I have troubling thoughts. Look at the genetic engineering going on, the release of synthetic bio-life or artificial components and the irreversible damage which is occurring. Granted most of this is done by non-Christians, but shouldn’t we Christians have been in the forefront to open genetic engineering in an ethical and careful manner? Then considering government, it is every American Christians’ responsibility to participate in the American form of government, because the founders put the reins of government in the citizens’ hands. It is our responsibility. But today, due to Christian irresponsibility, sorry if this sounds harsh, but debt is over 20 trillion dollars, over 50 million babies have been aborted, homosexual marriage is standardized and kindergardeners are taught that one moment you’re a boy, but the next moment you’re a girl, or something in between, a mass of mental confusion and delusion. Where were the Christians uniting to stand up for responsibililty and life and morality and truth? And then we are running to the courts of heaven? And then we believe we’re going to enforce a verdict, with this mess already occurring on the planet? Please think about this before deciding that we are the world’s policemen and policewomen. I have to conclude that right now, we’ve not doing a very good job of obeying God’s laws, much less trying to enforce them.
Could you explain on a practical level how you would “enforce” the victory on earth?
Do we simply remind God and the enemy that we have won and insist that “healing” or “plunder” or “silence the accuser” is supposed to be given to us?
I understand the great word picture from the roofing business… but trying to enforce all the judgements I’ve received in heaven’s courts seems VERY tiring!
Enforcement usually involves going back to the court, informing the Judge that an evil spirit is in violation of the order and asking the Judge to punish the spirit. Do it enough times, and you’ll soon have more compliance with your orders.
Ok! Makes sense thank you!
This understandable, PrayingMedic but the verdicts usually are followed by authourization in the Court of Chancellors and Court of Angels. Does it mean the Angels assigned failed to execute?
Most of the people I know who have problems do not go any further than the court of accusation.