You might be experiencing changes in your life right now. GOD IS SHIFTING THINGS! This is common at this time… Don’t try to force anything happen – this is a season where you are to “hold the hand of God”, let Him navigate and simply obey His voice. Why? Because He is bringing His best into your life! IT IS PENTECOST.
Isaiah 48:3 (NIV)- “I foretold the former things long ago, my mouth announced them and I made them known; then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.”
Angels have already been dispatched, prayers have been heard, and with your alignment through obedience to THIS SEASON, you’re going to bear MUCH FRUIT – “IT’S HARVEST TIME”.
In the New Testament, this was borne out in Acts 2:1-36. Fifty days after Passover, the first church of the apostles and 120 disciples were gathered in unity and remembering all that God had done for them. In that unity, God gave them His commanded blessing, “even life forevermore” (Psalm 133:3), and they received the fresh wind of the Holy Spirit of blessing and empowerment. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting… POWER from heavenly places is getting ready to fill your house!
Jesus promised the Holy Spirit as a permanent Guide, Teacher, Seal of Salvation, and Comforter for believers (John 14:16-18). He also promised the Holy Spirit’s POWER: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8).
I don’t know what it is that God has given you as a dream, as a destiny, as a desire, but there’s more to it than just receiving it by knowledge and understanding. You must activate it! But how? According to Deuteronomy 16:10, on Pentecost, “You shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give just as the LORD your God blesses you.”
Everyone is to give their best offering unto God for Pentecost, honoring and establishing His presence and provision. The results of honoring Him on His divine appointments are miraculous! I believe God is ready to release blessings for you right NOW! God has given us the gift of His Son Jesus Christ, He has given us the gift of His Word, and He has given us the person of the Holy Spirit to empower us and guide us. Pentecost is God’s giving season! And Jesus declares in Matthew 6:8 that our “Father knows what you need before you ask him.” During this season:
EXPECT INCREASE!
EXPECT MULTIPLICATION!
EXPECT MIRACLES!
EXPECT THEM “SUDDENLY!”
Numbers 23:19 declares that “God is not a man, that he should lie”. Every prophetic word by God over your life will come to pass IF YOU DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO ACTIVATE IT! DON’T MISS YOUR SUDDENLY! It is important to recognize that God acts in major ways during His feast days. Expect a visitation from God! He is going to move at an appointed time!
Where do you need Him to move by faith in your life?
God’s appointed times are when He revealed Himself to people: in His Ten Commandments in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 with the children of Israel at Mt. Sinai; in Acts 2 in the upper room with the Holy Spirit, and more… This appointed time (Pentecost) is for you to carry out purpose in the earth. Seize the moment! If you are desiring a change, ACTIVATE IT! The blessings of God pursue us, we don’t purse them when we are obedient. “All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God” Deuteronomy 28:2.
Elijah called down fire from heaven around a sacrifice… it always has to do with an act of faith! “Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” James 2:17 When we give our finances to God, we are offering our life to Him! (blood, DNA, the sweat of our brow, our time, talent and gifting that brought us finances…) It is about the sacrifice.
I feel by the Spirit of God that your Commanded Pentecost Offering is a strategic ACTIVATION KEY for what God has for you in this season. I believe Increase, Multiplication & Miracles are coming SUDDENLY! I also believe that the amount you sow WILL determine the harvest to come! God declares in Deuteronomy 16:16-17: “Three times a year, during my Feasts, do not stand before me empty-handed, but all are to give as he is able, according to how God has blessed you.”
It is important that we sacrifice our best to God during His Feast of Pentecost! It is about an act of faith… How much are we sacrificing?