Peter Roselle: The Force of Faith Will Lift You Higher (Psalm 24:3)
Channel: King of Kings Worship Center
Date: 2020-09-17

Psalm 24:3 says, “Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord?” The word "ascend" gives us a great picture of moving higher in the Lord to pass over our sin-stained earthly culture. Faith is the counter-force to oppose the gravitational downward pull of sin that is always attempting to drag us down – physically, through sickness, and emotionally through the sins of our flesh. We should pray, “Lord, please fill me faith, fill me with your thoughts right now, to cancel and override the enemy’s lies and offset the power of sin.” Intense faith is like a boiling pot of water – whereas unbelief is like pouring cold water into that pot. God can certainly do miracles without us, but He desires our partnership and participation. He longs for us to create a landing strip of faith to welcome His presence and release his power in the earth.

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Acts 9:37
But it happened in those days that she (Dorcas) became sick and died. 
When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.

Which direction, up or down, is getting sick and dying?
Clearly, down – she got sick and she died.
The life force that was in her from the Lord, the breath of God that was 
spoken into her, is now gone.
Peter was going to go pray.
It says, “When they had washed her, they laid her in in the upper room…”

Acts 9:39-40
And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the tunics and garments 
which Dorcas had made while she was with them. 
But Peter put them all out and knelt down and prayed.

Why does he put them out of the room?
He wants an atmosphere of faith.
Their emotions were overriding their faith.
He needed to have the atmosphere cleared of unbelief.
Peter sees one of the keys of the kingdom – he understands
the power of faith vs. unbelief.
Faith is like a boiling pot of water – unbelief is like pouring cold water in the pot.
God doesn’t need us to do miracles,
but He desires our partnership and expects us to create a landing
strip of faith to welcome His presence.
We must fight that religious spirit that limits God.
After Peter put the mourners out of the room,
he knelt down and he prayed.
Maybe he was thinking, “Lord, the gravity of death is trying to  
pull her down into the grave.
But I ask you to put the cells of her body in motion.
I pray that enough would happen in her system that
those blood cells would start moving again, that you would start
stoking movement in her life to re-start the engine of her heart.
You have the key to ignite a fire to bring her back from death.

Romans 8:11
If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, 
he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your 
mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Once there is enough movement in her body, the
force of lift will overwhelm the force of gravity that's
trying to pull her down.
Fill this room with the power to bring a dead body back to life.

Acts 9:39
And turning to the body he said, “Tabitha, arise.” And she opened 
her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up.

That has to be one of the shortest prayers
ever to raise somebody from the dead!

Faith is the counter force of sin’s gravity that is trying to pull me 
down – not just physically, but in emotionally. We should pray,
“Lord I need you to fill me with your Spirit.
I need you to fill me with your thoughts right now
to cancel and override the enemy’s lies.”

Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,

The eagles know how to work the drafts so that they can fly high above the storms.
We had a minister many years ago that taught on the eagle.
I haven't fact-checked this, but he said, that eagles are the alpha predator.
One of the only times they are vulnerable to attack is when they are mating.
So, when they are ready to mate, they fly high into the atmosphere 
and mate in a free fall - meaning if you can't get high enough you
can't reproduce. If you can't get high enough in the spirit you will be vulnerable to attack.
If I'm not hearing from the Lord, I need the force of lift to take me higher.
I’ve got to just evict some of the baggage in my balloon to get higher.

Psalm 24:3-4
Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart.

These are called the “songs of ascension” in the Psalms.
People were coming from far away and climb the mountain of Zion 
to get into Jerusalem.