Sometimes it seems, at least living in this section of the U.S.; that our seasons are all mixed up. We have really chilly days in the summer and have had some extraordinarily warm days in the winter but by and large the seasons still hold their sway over the time frame we’ve given them. Time frame therein lies the rub as Shakespeare might possibly have put it. We expect certain dates to feel a certain way, hence we judge the seasons. The Scripture says in Gen. 8:22 that as long as the earth remains seedtime and harvest, cold, heat, day, night, summer, and winter would remain. So, no worries, He had the seasons in control. In Matt. 16:3 Yeshua ask the people why they could not discern the times? Probably because we look at things like the thermometer and what it indicates rather than what we see and hear in the Spirit realm. A couple of weeks ago in a prophetic word at the end of our service I found myself saying, ‘I see the harvest, I see the harvest.’ This was confirmed the next day by someone calling saying that they had heard by the Spirit that I would indeed see the harvest. Now many would ask what is it going to look like? I haven’t any idea, well, actually I have an idea but Ruach (the Spirit) recently told me not to put some things into words because that would limit the vision and we begin to look for what we’ve expressed and can often miss what is. I was also told the signs of these times would be different than ever before so be aware of that fact, in order to know how to journey on. Yesterday Dave gave a word to look with joyful expectation, for what? Ruach didn’t say, just look cause it’s time. This morning as I was allowing Ruach to minister to me He spoke through Luke 17:6, faith as a grain of mustard seed. I’ve heard this Scripture preached many times, however today I understand He is saying to me, you bring something as small as a seed and you ‘hope’ that the seed will take root and you will reap the benefit of that seed but you never know just how much harvest you will receive. Lots of things come into play, how much it’s watered by the Spirit, the amount it’s exposed to the Son, weeding process you’ve done to keep doubts from choking it out. Ruach also spoke into my heart that right before it’s time to harvest we are often at our weakest for all the tending has taken work and the fruit itself is heavy and it’s draining to sustain it till we are released of the burden. I’m sure you’ve all seen trees burdened by a lot of apples and its branches are bent under the weight of that for which it’s labored to bring forth. How sad to shed the ‘burden’ of the fruit just to get relief. Ruach also assured me that it didn’t matter that the seed we had in our hands might have been small, Abba, our Heavenly Father, is the Lord of the Harvest and it’s His extra touch that brings forth excess, He’s the God of too much. We will find ourselves saying as the disciples, this is too much of a catch for one boat, this is too big a harvest for us to deal with. Never fear, we will freely give as we’ve freely received, the nations will hear the gospel, captives will be freed, deliverance will come to many. To all of Abba’s kids, don’t be weary in well doing, it’s the right season, we are beginning the reaping, no time to faint, but to dance.
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