Warrior Church Home Fellowship Study

Dr. Kevin Zadai 10-15- 2023 -- 10--21- 2023

Divine Intervention

"Everything that you need spiritually and physically will be provided for you when you focus on the kingdom of God."

~Kevin Zadai

But first and most importantly seek (aim at, strive after) His kingdom
and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right—the attitude and character of God], and all these things will be given to you also.
—Matthew 6:33 AMP

DISCUSSION:
This week, I want to talk to you about divine intervention. When we think about intervention, we envision God supernaturally coming in and helping us in any situation, which could happen in various ways. We will discuss a little about how angels help us, but we will mainly focus on the fact that God preemptively knows what you need and has made a way. I want to set the record straight: Divine intervention means that God knows what is needed and has already provided for you before you were born. Many of us need to be reminded of that.

GOD DOESN'T OVERRIDE FREE WILL
In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.
—Ephesians 1:11–12

Remember that God does know everything and has predestined us for His glory. He already knows the future; however, He does not allow His foreknowledge to usurp the free will He has given us. You must understand that although God is omniscient, He gives people a choice, which He will not override. So, those who choose to obey God will have His help and intervention. But it may not happen for those who have refused to put their faith in Jesus Christ and are not following God. The bottom line is that your decisions directly impact your outcome; there is no guarantee. Concerning the predetermination of your destiny, God knows everything; He already knows what you'll choose, yet He does not let that foreknowledge interfere with your free will. That's the revelation you need to take away.

There are many accounts in the Bible where God declares His will, yet it doesn't happen because people are disobedient. Consider Jesus: He was sent to the lost sheep of Israel (Matthew 15:24). When the Samaritans and non-Jewish people came to Him for help, He clearly stated He was only called to the lost sheep of Israel. Yet when they pressed in and tapped into Him by faith, it would override that. (Matthew 8:5–13; 15:21–28). Then, Jesus answered by healing them or granting their request.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
—Matthew 23:37

Jesus stood on the Mount of Olives and looked over Jerusalem before He was crucified, and expressed how He longed to gather the people together as a hen gathers her chicks together to protect them with her wings, according to Matthew 23:37. Even though He desired to do that, they wouldn't have it. In this verse, the phrase you were not willing actually translates to Jesus telling them, "You resisted Me." He told the Jews in another passage, "You did not discern your day of visitation" (Luke 19:41–44). So, God sent Jesus to the Jews—the lost sheep of Israel—to preach the good news, and they rejected Him because they didn't discern their day of visitation.

WE CHOOSE TO ACCEPT OR REJECT GOD'S WILL
But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house." Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching.
—Mark 6:4–6

Jesus went from city to city and had many miracles happen—people were delivered, healed, and even fed supernaturally. Then, when He went to His hometown of Nazareth, the Bible says He could hardly do any miracles there. If it was just a matter of doing God's will, then Jesus could have overridden the hindrances; however, He couldn't.

Remember, Jesus only did what His Father told Him to do (John 5:19). So, His Father told him to go to Nazareth, yet He could not do the miracles there because of their unbelief, as the scripture states. Their unbelief was due to familiarity with Jesus as a carpenter's son; they didn't know Him as the Messiah. Since they didn't tap into who He was, they didn't reap that reward.

o Why doesn't God's will always happen?

The Son of God was prevented from performing miracles because of people's unbelief. The point is that God's perfect will was not done. The Father is the One who sent Jesus to His own hometown; if not, Jesus wouldn't have gone because He only did what His Father told Him to do, as previously mentioned. Jesus went to Nazareth because God told Him to, but God's will wasn't accomplished. He stood over Jerusalem and said they didn't discern their day of visitation. God's will for the Israelis was not done; however, the Gentiles heard the good news. Now, there were some Jews who received the Lord and became Christians, but then the focus turned to the Gentiles, as you can see in Paul's ministry. We are still in the time of the Gentiles, but at the end, it says the focus will turn back to the Jews again (Romans 10:1–11:31).

I shared about Israel rejecting Jesus to show that although God preempts things, He needs us to agree. He knows the future and what choices we will make. The Lord seeks people who will cooperate and trust Him so He can use them. He will use people who believe in Him in the last days. God will choose those who receive the impartation of the His Word and have said, "Yes"—those willing to leave everything to do His bidding and will. They are the ones who are going to see angels working with them and will experience miracles.

GOD'S PLAN REVEALED THROUGH THE CHURCH
Though I am the least deserving of all God's people, He graciously gave me the privilege of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ. I was chosen to explain to everyone this mysterious plan that God, the Creator of all things, had kept secret from the beginning.
—Ephesians 3:8–9 NLT

Paul expressed in Ephesians 3:8 that despite being the least deserving of God's people, the Lord graciously gave him the privilege of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ. Think about it: Paul was a Jew and a Pharisee who was sent to the Gentiles because God's original will was not done. The Lord still had His way, even though it has defaulted to the Gentiles for a time; He used a Jew, Paul, to accomplish this. We, Gentiles, are able to receive the endless treasures through Christ and the same reward that the Jews inherit.

Warrior Church Home Fellowship Study

Dr. Kevin Zadai 10-15- 2023 -- 10--21- 2023

Paul was chosen to explain the mysterious plan that God, the Creator of all things, had kept secret from the beginning. So there was this secret that was hidden in times past, which Paul was chosen to release at a particular time; this was divine intervention. I'm teaching you these principles so that you can see this in your own life. You must grasp the kingdom, receive God's great plan, and understand where you fit. When you do that, everything you need will be supplied. Matthew 6:33 says that if you seek the kingdom and its righteousness first, all these other things will also be added to you. You will receive everything you need for life and godliness, including physical and spiritual needs (2 Peter 1:3).

God's purpose in all this was to use the church to display His wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was His eternal plan, which He carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord.

—Ephesians 3:10 NLT

Ephesians 3:10 is the key to divine intervention:

• God's plan is to use the Church to display His wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms; this is His purpose for the body of Christ.

• If you make God's plan your priority, then He will intervene on your behalf. God already has intervened for the body through Christ, but each individual must acknowledge this and accept the assignment.

• The plan of God defaulted to the Gentiles, but the purpose for which Jesus came was to redeem the lost sheep of Israel; He made a promise to Abraham, the father of us all, and the patriarchs.

• God's purpose from the beginning was to display His manifold (many-fold) wisdom through the Church to those unseen authorities and rulers in the heavenly places.

• The demonic realm is much more vast than you think. Multitudes of hideous entities are packed in, from the higher-ups to the lowest of the low, inside the earth. There are all kinds of species and many levels of these weird-looking creatures, who will see that the wisdom of God has been revealed through the Church.

• Paul was the one who released the revelation of God's plan almost 2,000 years ago, and it has continued to this time.

• Today, we need to display God's manifold wisdom, which brings judgment to all these demonic rulers and authorities. This was God's eternal plan from the beginning.

HEAVEN'S HELP FOR GOD'S CHOSEN

As we discussed, divine intervention will be provided for your life if you acknowledge and seek God's kingdom first. You will receive help with finances to pay your bills; the Lord will heal your body; you will receive intervention with your relationships and breakthroughs concerning the demonic realm. After you have said, "Lord, just use me," you allow yourself to be on that list of being chosen by God— not just being called, but chosen. You will then be aligned with His great plan, to be carried out through the church because Jesus is seated at the right hand of God.

Because of Christ and our faith in Him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God's presence. So please don't lose heart because of my trials here. I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored.

—Ephesians 3:12–13 NLT

According to Ephesians 12, we can now boldly and confidently come into God's presence because of Christ and our faith in Him. Paul then tells the people not to lose heart because of his trials; he was suffering for them, so they should feel honored. Paul suffered greatly, yet he's the one who released the revelation we have discussed. You must understand that even though you have all kinds of delays in your life, divine intervention comes when you allow God to align you with where you're supposed to be. He will show you your particular assignment, so just acknowledge it and be accountable. Once you do that, allow the wisdom of God to be displayed in your life. Be part of that display that will bring judgment to the principalities and the powers of the air. Know that God is going to provide for you.

Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.

—Psalm 91:9–11

The angels are going to be dispatched on your behalf with special assignments. They will be sent to keep you in all your ways. Why? Because you made the Most High your dwelling place; you chose Him and left everything to be part of what God's doing. We don't just make this decision for ourselves; it impacts all who are in the body when we align with God's massive plan.

Everybody in Heaven is cheering you on because you're just as important as they are. When I was in Heaven, I saw that we were all important. If you met some of the people you read about in the Bible, you wouldn't even know them. The great generals of our faith would want to help and serve you; they don't want you to honor them.

Why? Because we're all part of this together.

Think about what you can do to allow God's manifold wisdom to be displayed. There must be release, where God is intervening in your life. Intervention takes place when you step into your assignment—that special place that we all need you to be in for God's will. We all need to be faithful to what we're called to do.

PRAYER:

Father, thank You for Your goodness and that You are faithful by Your grace, not because of our good behavior. Thank You for Your grace. Lord, have mercy on us and cause us to shift into the place we're supposed to be, in spite of us, in the name of Jesus, amen.

1. Discuss how our free will impacts the will of God coming to pass in the earthly realm. What is our responsibility concerning His will?

2. According to Matthew 23:37, what did Jesus long to do for Israel? Why couldn't He do it, and what should we learn from this? 

3. What are the characteristics of people are chosen to be used by God in these last days, according to this study? Discuss the condition and promise Jesus gave us in Matthew 6:33.

4. Read Ephesians 3:10 and talk about God's plan for the ages through the Church. Why is it important to allow God to reveal your assignment?

5. Discuss the concept of divine intervention on a personal and global level. Can you think of an example to share with your group?