When the heavens are brass it seems like praying is a chore. During these times it can feel as if our prayers hit the ceiling, and then fall back down into our laps. Deuteronomy 28: 15-68 list the curses that would come upon us if we disobey the Lord. God declares in verse 23 of the same chapter: "The sky above you will be brass; and the ground below you as hard as iron."
When the sky above us is brass and the earth below us is hard as iron our path is difficult upon this earth. How do we get an open Heaven above us and a fertile earth below us? Daniel had the same problem. Daniel was living under a heaven of brass. Daniel's country was the nation of Isreal, and they had disobeyed God and had been taken captive into another land. Whenever we disobey God the enemy takes us captive. We can become captive to many things. Anger, Fears, Drugs, Addictions, financial difficulties, lonliness, depressions, and the list could go on for a long time. In our captivity the heavens above us becomes brass, but why? It is because demonic spirits control these things. When you are depressed, there is a demonic spirit in the atmosphere around you. When you are angry, or fearful or on drugs or any of these hardships of the flesh, demonic spirits control the atmosphere around you. Since the demons control these things they are a torment to us when we are taken captive by them.
Daniel prayed to God seeking an answer. But no answer came the first day. Why? Because the heavens were brass, blocked up above him, by demonic powers. He continued to pray the 2nd, 3rd, 4th day and still no answer. Why? The heavens were brass above him because they had disobeyed God and had been taken into captivity. Daniel began to fast for an answer, and after 21 days of fasting and prayer, the heavens opened up above him and the answer came through.
In Daniel 10:11-13 An angel told Daniel that from the FIRST day that he had prayed, that God had heard him and sent the answer, but that it had been delayed by the prince of the Persian Kingdom (the devil, or demonic spirits), and that Michael the angel of war had to come and help him get the answer through to Daniel.
Sometimes when we pray we want to blame God if the Heavens seem brass. We get mad because our answer does not come. Have you ever thought that God heard you and did answer the moment you prayed, but the demons hindered the answer from coming to you. How the devil laughs when he blocks your answer and then you turn around and declare, "God isn't real, my prayer went unanswered." The devil blocked Daniel's answer to prayer for a full 21 days.
When you pray you not only have to move heaven, but you have to move hell out of the way as well. Demons will try to hinder you from receiving your answer from God. When we have disobeyed God we give the devil the power to make the Heavens brass above us. It blocks God from getting through to us. We must repent (turn to God) and pray and fast until the devil's power over us is broken.
If you feel like your prayers are not going anywhere, it is because demonic powers are over you making the heavens brass. You will need to pray and fast before you will get your break through. It is worth it. There is NOTHING like an open Heaven above you.
