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Living Under an Open Heaven

Malachi 3:10 – “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.”

            This passage of Scripture teaches that it is possible to live under an open heaven.  In Bethel, Jacob, who was on the run from his brother Esau, stopped in a place named Luz.  While he slept he dreamed of an open heaven.  The events of the night are recorded in Genesis 28:12, “Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.” Jacob was so impacted by this experience He changed the name Luz to Bethel.

            Every believer should desire to live under an open heaven.  What happens when the heavens are opened? God promises to pour out blessings beyond measure (Malachi 3:10). The Lord promises some specific things to the people of God in Malachi 3:10-12.  Notice the specific things that God promises when His people are faithful to obey His Word:

  1.       Verse 10, “I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to  take it in.”
  2.            Verse 11, “Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects  and disease. Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe.”
  3.        Verse 12, “Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be such a  delight.”[i] 


How do you experience this open heaven?  You simply obey the Word of God.  Listen to the words of the Lord to His people in Malachi 3:8, “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.”  In verse 9, their disobedience resulted in a curse.  God called the “whole nation” to repentance.  What were they to do?  Verse 10 gives these instructions, “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house.”

God’s economy functions differently than the world’s economy. You experience His blessings when you live by His kingdom principles.  When you give as God’s Word instructs, it results in tremendous blessings.  Luke 6:38, “Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

God longs to open the windows of heaven over you today and pour out blessings that you will not be able to contain.  Choose today to live in obedience, to walk in faith, and to experience the wonderful things that God longs to give you.



[i] These references are from the New Living Translation.

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