Gen 8:22. As long as the earth remains, seedtime & harvest, cold & heat,
Winter & summer, day & night shall not cease.
Every living thing goes through seasons of growth & stagnation – spring & winter
Times of hope and times of difficulty – day & night, cold & heat
You may be in a Summer-like season (everything is dry)
Or winter (no fruit, everything seems dead)
Whatever season you’re in now, “due season” is coming
What happens in the “due season” depends on what you do in this season
We must know what to do in each season
You can’t adjust the season, you must adjust for the change in season
Churches go through these seasons
AGF is in a spring-like season
All Growth is Seasonal
Nothing bears fruit year round
The Prophetic tells what to do in specific seasons & how to handle changes
1 Kings 20:22. And the prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, "Go, strengthen yourself; take note, and see what you should do, for in the spring of the year the king of Syria will come up against you."
i.e. Don’t quit. Let your fishing nets down again, except in a different place this time
Prophetic Strategy for This Season - Revealed in the Ministry of Elisha (1 Kings 19 – 2 Kings 6)
1. Guard our ‘Heart of a Servant’
Elisha was the successor to Elijah’s ministry
Elisha’s fame was that he washed the hands of Elijah – 2 Kings 3:11
God wants to give AGF a double-portion
The purpose of the ministry He is entrusting to us to serve others
“The least shall be great”
We will only be great to the extent that we’re willing to serve
2. If we don’t Pursue, we won’t Possess
Elijah told Elisha 3x to “stay here” – 2:2, 4, 6
50 stood at a distance: they could prophesy, but didn’t get the double portion
We are supposed to want the fullness of ministry – the double portion
Elisha burned his plow – 1 Kings 19:21
We get tired too quick
3. We must Prepare for Increase
God Only Gives Increase to the Level We’ve Prepared for It
Dig Ditches – 2 Kings 3:11-20
Make room for the prophetic in your life – 2 Kings 4:8-13
You will have based on your ability to “Think Big!” - Is 54 MSG Bible
4. The Prophetic Produces Prosperity
Believe the Lord & you will be established. Believe His prophets & you will prosper
a. Business Plan with jars for the oil – 2 Kings 4:1-7
Creativity and wisdom for your increase
b. Debt Release miracle of the floating ax-head – 2 Kings 6:1-7
5. The Prophetic Challenges Everyone to Do Their Part
2 Kings 6:2. Let us go to the Jordan, and let every man take a beam from there,
and let us make there a place where we may dwell."
6. The Prophetic Secures the Future – Raises up sons
2 Kings 4:16 Then he said, "About this time next year you shall embrace a son."
20. The child died
And returns them to their mother – the church – 2 Kings 4:32-37
The raising up of the child was very personal
We have been too callous & casual about the children & youth
We have sent “the Staff” to raise them up
Train Them to Carry on Ministry
School of the Prophets
The older ones help the younger ones