The Problem Was Never Heaven

Oct 10

Written By Ife Peters

There is a quiet lie many believers carry: “Maybe God doesn’t want me to have it.”

But Scripture tells a very different story.

“Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours.”
1 Corinthians 3:21

The issue has never been God’s willingness. The issue has always been our readiness.

Heaven Is Not Withholding

Romans reminds us that God is not a God who withholds.

“He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” - Romans 8:32

God already gave His best. Why would He hold back the rest?

If it is in His Word, and if it is in His will, then the question is not if God wants you to have it. The question becomes: are we positioned to receive it? do we know how to receive it?

God does not delay promises because He is reluctant. He waits because growth is required to steward what is already ours.

Scripture tells us that all things that pertain to life and godliness have already been given.
Not will be given. Already given.

What stands in the way is not the devil. It is not opposition. It is not heaven being silent. It is a lack of knowledge and spiritual maturity.

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.”

“Come Up Hither”: A Personal Revelation

There was a season in my life where I felt lost and rejected. I felt God was not giving me what I needed. It felt like heaven was shut against me.

Then I perceived the Holy Spirit calling me the same way He called John in Revelation: “Come up hither.”

When John answered that call, he was taken higher and shown mighty revelations.

I yielded to that call. And little did I know…everything I was searching for had already been given.

When you move higher in your walk with God, something changes:

Your discernment sharpens
The enemy’s tactics become obvious
Confusion gives way to revelation

At that level, you no longer fight blindly. You fight from understanding.

You see clearly what the enemy is trying to steal, kill, and destroy and you are equipped to take back what is rightfully yours.

The Devil Isn’t the Main Obstacle

This truth may be uncomfortable, but it is freeing:

What stands in the way is us.

Not Satan.
Not people.
Not circumstances.

Ignorance (our lack of knowledge) delays access not heaven.

As long as it is written in God’s Word and as long as we are aligned with His will, provision is already made.

God Has Always Been Ready

All of God’s promises are Yes and Amen.

He never said:

“Wait, you can’t have it now.”

He has always been ready. In fact, He has been eagerly waiting for us:

to come to Him
to desire Him
to mature in faith

He is a Father who give, not witholds. Jesus Himself asked the question: “If a son asks for bread, will his father give him a stone?”

If God has freely given, why would He withhold? The problem was never heaven. The invitation has always been open. Never settle for maybe He doesn’t want me to have it, maybe he sees danger and says wait. That is very contrary to the word of God.