Ladders Are Coming Down

Tom Panich

I believe the Lord is sitting down with His people. He's wanting to know what's on His children's minds. He's listening intently to our heart's cry to see if what He's imparted by His Spirit is being obeyed.

Jesus is wanting us to rest our heads on Him, to rest our heads on The Rock.

We ALL need to take a snooze, as Jacob did, and trust in the Lord. That's what He wants for us.

The Lord has mighty things for His children to do, and when we sleep, sometimes we dream.

Jacob had a wonderful dream of angels going up and down a ladder. The Lord showed Jacob a ladder resting on the earth, coming down from Heaven above. God the Father is standing at the top of the heavenly ladders, and He's saying, "Come up Higher. Come up here, or at least look up here. I've got something I want to tell you." It's like show-and-tell.

God Wants Us To Trust Him

Some may think they're lazy in this rest, when all the while, God wants us to simply trust Him.

"Why rest?" you might ask. It's because sometimes some of us are literally too busy, even in the works of the ministry unto the Lord, to hear Him correctly.

God told Jacob seven things in Genesis 28:13-15. First, He said, "I WILL GIVE YOU THE LAND." Jacob was sleeping, when God told him that! Like I said, God is looking for obedient men and women to do something with what He's given them.

The second thing God told Jacob was that he was going to POPULATE the earth, and He used the dust of the earth as a reference to numbers. Sounds familiar. He made us out of His dust.

The third thing He told Jacob was, "Your family is to BE A BLESSING TO ALL the families of the earth." There's one to Selah about. Are you a blessing to ALL the families of the earth? I have to be honest, I fail.

He Will Never Leave Us

The fourth thing God told Jacob was, "I'M WITH YOU." God has written mighty things from His Word upon the hearts of His people. "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." Never leaving is eternal!

The fifth thing God told Jacob was. "I PROMISE YOU, I'm not going to leave you until you get ALL the land, not until you populate the whole earth, and not until your family is being a blessing to all families." Sounds like we need to get busy.

The sixth thing God tells Jacob is, "I'm going to BRING YOU BACK TO YOUR LAND." God was telling Jacob, "I'm going to bring you back, not only from this dream, but you're going somewhere for My Name. Then I'll bring you home."

The seventh and final thing the Lord said to Jacob before he woke up was, "I'm going to PROTECT you." We truly live in the days of God's sovereign protection. The angels that Jacob saw--we could all use a legion or two of them.

Heavenly Ladders

Whether God has to talk to you in a dream, impartation, vision, or show you a ladder while you're awake or sleeping is not important. God the Father is trying to get the best of Himself to His people TODAY!

The Lord has--for just over two years--been showing me ladders. The first time I saw heavenly ladders was at The Elijah List Canby conference with Graham Cooke and Kim Clement. They're beautiful stairways actually. I just recently realized I was calling them ladders.

God lets down His ladders whenever He wants to really, but I see them most during corporate worship times. Initially, the Holy Spirit didn't start speaking to me about what they're for. I believe God truly wants our undivided attention when He shows us ladders. If we're not paying close attention, we may just miss what He's sending our way.

Clearly the Word of God makes no mistake when it says that Jacob saw. I have to say this: "STOP! What are we looking at?" For Jacob to have seen the Lord standing above the top of the ladder, he had to have been looking up. The Lord also spoke to Jacob. Look for the Heavenly ladders and look up them, Church. He's letting down His ladders of HEAVEN and He's speaking from them.

"I'm Sending Healing Down Those Wonderful Stairways."

God is letting down His ladders of ALL that He is, for ALL. Maybe a stairway up is just what you need. If you don't see a ladder, perhaps you should ask Him to show you one. In the meantime, get familiar with someone who has had Third Heaven Visions. Some worship meetings have numerous ladders coming down from the throne-room of God.

You may ask why it's so important to see ladders. It's not only about the ladders. It's what God is sending down the ladders that's important.

The Father's Spirit has told me, "I'm sending HEALING down those wonderful stairways." I've seen God send scrolls of revelation down the stairways from Heaven. God has told me, "You can't imagine or process what's going on in this meeting," when I clearly saw at least 6-12 stairways. He's correct. Can you imagine how many ladders full of His love are coming down at His will? I can't. Just know this, Beloved, He's the Father of Lights who loves to give His children good gifts.

Tom Panich

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