Seasons of Acceleration

I have been sensing in my spirit that we are entering a season of acceleration. That’s a season when the supernatural ability of God is applied to our lives, our ministry, our time and our circumstances, to bring His plans to pass at a much faster rate than was possible in the natural cycle of things. When our Father is at work, the things that might be able to stop the flesh, cannot stop Him. There is an unstoppable momentum that begins to take place. You find yourself caught up in a move of God that shifts your circumstances, repositions people and events, removes obstacles and advances you and causes you to progress.

The president of the company, called all the employees together to make an announcement about someone within the company who was going to be replacing him as the new president. The boss called Rob Frank up to the platform as he presented him with the new position. He said, "you've been with the company for a year. You started off in the mail room, one week later you were promoted to a sales position, and one month after that you were promoted to district manager of the sales department. Just four short months later, you were promoted to vice-president. Now, it's time for me to retire, and I want you to take over the company. What would you like to say to that?" To which Rob said "Thanks, Dad".

Our Father is the owner and manager of planet earth and He’s looking for some folks to run His business here. He’s about to make an important announcement and give some promotions, and advancements. And it’s all based on the fact that His children are His favorites, the apple of His eye. Others may be more qualified, but He reserves the right to give it to whoever He wills, and He wills to give it to His kids!

It’s like being at the ocean and you’re caught by a wave of the sea, and you experience a sudden surge forward. Al you have to do is let it carry you.

We are in a season where a perfectly timed wave of God is moving in and it’s getting ready to lift you up and move you forward….(along with anyone with you)….

Surfers learn to wait for the right wave so they can be propelled by the force of the curl as it sweeps upward and forward.

Two guys were talking about the state of the economy, and one said to the other, “I am a living, breathing, flesh and blood symbol of the state of the economy." The friend didn’t understand and asks him to explain…. The guy says well, "My hair is in recession, my stomach is a victim of inflation, and both of these together are causing a deep depression!"… Well, we have a God that’s not subject to recession, inflation, or depression.

That was pretty much the condition of Jacob, who labored for 20 years, for Laban and it was where God had told him to go. But he had little to show for all his effort, because all his energy had only increased Laban, his uncle, and not himself. But there was a wave of acceleration moving in

his direction. And suddenly, God began to lift, promote, and launch him forward. In a comparatively short time, the bible says that Jacob increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and mules.

It was the same story with Joseph, who was a slave in Egypt for 13 years because of betrayal after betrayal. It seemed that the dream of his heart was only there to make his life miserable, taunting and stalking him, as he compared his current condition with the vision within him…. But a wave of acceleration was moving in his direction and he would quickly become the prime minister of Egypt….And there’s a wave waiting for you…..

We will also look at Elijah who experienced a powerful victory at the frontline of the spiritual battle for Israel. Then, when Jezebel retaliated and threatened his life, Elijah ran in fear. There in that place of apparent failure—in such despair that he lost the will to live—He actually asked God to let him die, but what looked like the end, became a new beginning, and the angel came and ministered supernatural food and drink to Elijah. This provision for Divine acceleration enabled Elijah to travel 40 days and nights, non-stop, to meet with God.

From there, Elijah was launched into his next season. In a very short time, God used him to multiply the miracle oil and meal for the widow, raise her son from the dead, send rain that ended the famine which had gripped the land, called down fire on Carmel and destroy the prophets of Baal, appoint a King over Israel, and appoint a Prophet who would be his successor…. Then leave the planet in a chariot of fire.

A man was on the phone with the florist and he was very upset…A friend was opening a new business and he had sent flowers for the occasion. When they arrived at the new business site, the owner read the card, and it said "May you Rest in Peace". After he had told the florist of the obvious mistake and how angry he was, the florist said. "Sir, I'm really sorry for the mistake, but rather than getting angry perhaps you should think that somewhere there is a funeral taking place today, and they have flowers with a note saying, "Congratulations on your new location."

The enemy will always try to hold you back from fulfilling God’s purposes, but even when it seems that the enemy has succeeded, it is never too late for our God. He can supernaturally replenish you, overturn the battle and use the situation to launch you forth, and accelerate you into His purposes. Joseph was able to say, “you meant it for evil, but the Lord meant it for good!!!!

Moses spent 40 years living as a shepherd in the desert. Once upon a time, he thought he could make a difference. Once, he dreamed of delivering Israel out of slavery. Now at 80 years old, he had ceased to believe it was possible. That is, until we read in Exodus 3, that Moses encountered God’s Presence in a burning bush. And God revealed it was his ‘now’ time to deliver Israel. In a short time— in a season of Divine acceleration—Moses was propelled into a confrontation with Pharaoh, leading Israel out of slavery and into the service and worship of God, with global implications. Something that could not have happened in 430 years, happened in a matter of 4 to 5 months….

We can make the choice to think in terms of what is humanly possible—or trust the Father that He can cause things to fall into place in a miraculous way. We need to look at every delay, as God’s method of positioning us for Divine acceleration.

Joel 2:25 “I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten…” And the words of the prophet Baalam, come to mind here….

Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man, that He should ever lie, neither the son of man, that He should repent: has He not said, and shall He not do it? or has He not spoken, and shall He not make it good”? v20 Behold, I have received commandment from God to bless, for He has blessed, (favored, honored, prospered, and Celebrated) and none can reverse it”.

In Joel’s time, God promised that as the nation turned to Him, He would make up for the lost years with overflow harvest— That His name might be exalted and He would be glorified

God is celebrating you, right now, because He already knows what can happen when He begins to accelerate the things He has planned for you! God is by nature a Redeemer, and Jesus has paid the price for every mistake, failure, sin and shame. Even when the wages of sin have been reaped, when we repent and turn to Him, He transforms barrenness into fruitfulness. He elevates us from poverty to plenty, and He transports us from emptiness to Divinely accelerated overflow—such is the power of His grace and forgiveness.

Jonah 3:1 ‘Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time…’ Jonah did not just hesitate in the call of God upon his life—he ran from it as fast as he could run, in the opposite direction. And yet God in His mercy coordinated a sequence of events to set Jonah back on track again. And then those grace-filled words: ‘The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time.’ (Jonah 3:1)

He is the God of the second chance. And even when it feels as though you have missed the opportunity to fulfil His purpose or to step into your prophetic season, it is never too late for God’s acceleration process. All that is happening, hasn’t taken Him by surprise. Through Divine acceleration, He can bring His prophetic call to pass in our lives. As we return, to faith and trust in Him. We will see that our Heavenly Father has lined up circumstances and people like dominoes—

Once His power is unleashed, nothing can hold back His prophetic call, plan and purpose. Joseph’s own family mocked his call from God and conspired together to prevent it from ever being fulfilled. The malicious choices of others sent Joseph to slavery and later imprisonment.

However when God’s time came, Genesis 41 tells us that all the forces that had tried to prevent his promotion, were overwhelmed. Joseph’s ascent to rulership was immediate. Divine acceleration caused what had been delayed for 13 years, to happen within a day, Joseph put aside his prison garments and put on the mantle of rulership.

No person, and no action by anyone else can prevent God’s purpose from being accomplished in our lives when Divine acceleration begins. Instead, our Father can use the very people who have meant it for evil and turn it into good. (Gen 50:19)

By keeping your heart clean, and free of bitterness and resentment, we can stay in position for God’s times of acceleration. Nothing and no one can hold you back when His time comes. He is faithful, He is sovereign, He is powerful and, He is positioning us, and making connections, so that we can arrive at the right time, in the right place, with the right people, for the right purpose.

It is so easy to look back in hind sight, to see that our disappointments have really been His appointments. What if we could receive the insight we need from the experiences of Elijah, Joseph and Jacob, to stand firm in our dried-up brooks, our pit or prison, our Labans and our Esau’s and make that transformative confession of Romans 8:28 even while the heart may be breaking with sorrow.

“All things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”? Someday soon, in the future we will all experience a dried up brook. It is very likely that more Christians have lost their faith over this issue than any other. Every pastor has watched and prayed with those who are suffering as they struggle with the “why” of their dried-up brook. There are times when no matter how much you may try, you will not be able to discern any logic or reason behind certain situations and events.

It took a few years for the citizens of Coffee County, Alabama, to understand why the boll weevil had destroyed their main source of income. The weevil had invaded their fields, devastating the cotton industry and shutting it down completely. Desperate, the farmers had to turn to more diversified farming and eventually doubling their income from growing peanuts, the farmers of Coffee County erected a monument to the boll weevil. In the memorial inscription, credit is given to the boll weevil for forcing the change of crops, creating unprecedented prosperity and plenty for that area.

The end of one thing was the beginning of another! Our human reasoning cannot see that any good could ever result from some circumstances. But the real issue is that we choose to trust God, more than the circumstances.

Job said this, as he was scraping his painful boils, sitting in the ash heap, having lost all his family, except his nagging wife.

Job 13:15 “Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him”. 23:10 “But He knows the way that I take and when He has proven me, I shall come forth as gold”. We know in retrospect, that this powerful statement of trust, reversed everything, and ushered Job into a season of unbelievable acceleration….

We see this in Job 42:12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand mules. v13 He had also seven sons and three daughters. v14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima (warm, affectionate and soft as a dove) and the name of the second, Kezia (determined, a leader and ruler) and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch (beautiful eyes, complexion and countenance). v15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. v16 After this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. v17 So Job died, being old and full of days”.

The disciples chosen by Jesus, did what they had done hundreds of times, they went fishing. We are told that they were preparing to clean and mend their nets for the next day of fishing, and that they had worked all night and caught absolutely nothing. There was nothing to show for their labor which meant that the bills would not get paid, the money would not be there for groceries, and they would have to go to bed tired and hungry. These guys were weary, disgusted and doubted their own ability. But Jesus shows up and in the midst of their emptiness, He releases a surge of acceleration that no one saw coming!

John 21:6 Jesus told them to go back, out a little ways and them, drop the nets on the right side of the boat for a catch of fish like nothing they had ever seen before. In a short time they went from not enough to more than enough, from empty boats to overloaded boats, from nothing is happening to Good Lord, how can we handle all that’s happening!!!! That tells me acceleration is closer to us than we think.

In the book of Amos, God describes what happens when we are caught in the flow of acceleration. Amos 9:13 “Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that the one who is plowing shall overtake the one who is reaping, and the treader of grapes shall overtake those that sow the seed…” (now that’s not natural)

That is a supernatural process that overrules the natural realm, the natural laws, and the natural process. I believe great doors of favor are opening and God says, “I will open and none shall shut it, and I will close and none shall be able to open”.

I believe we will have the blessing of the right place, in the right time, with the right people, doing the right things, walking through the right doors, seizing the right opportunities.

I especially believe there will be momentum in the areas of finances, relationships and family reconciliation. We are also going to see a blessing in the harvest of souls.

These things begin to take place when we come to a thin place, where this realm is merging with that realm and that realm is flowing into this realm, and where the impossible becomes possible….We are allowed to handle the substance of eternity, not just the thing, but that which is the source and the purpose of the things!

Joel 2:24 “And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil. v25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, v26 And you shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that has dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed”. We will never, never, never!!! Be ashamed when we trust in the Lord!

It’s important to remove negative words from our vocabulary (it’s called the “shut your mouth” anointing) and get those negative patterns from our thinking. Begin to think possibilities, think miracles, and prepare your heart and spirit to be fertile ground for acceleration.

Create an atmosphere of celebration around you wherever you go and whatever you do.

Jesus attended a celebration and did a miracle in that atmosphere. Now, to make really good wine can take up to 3 to 5 years, but Jesus made wine in just a few moments… It had never been done before, but as everyone simply did what Jesus told them, it happened, and the master of the wedding said that the master of everything had saved the best for last… Jesus is the master of acceleration….He brings Kairos into Cronos.

I believe we are in a change of seasons, and God is ending one season and beginning another….Cronos is natural time, but Kairos is God’s time….

Galations 6:9 refers to Kairos, when it says, “let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season (Kairos season) we shall reap, if we faint not”. King David said, “My times are in Your hands”…. I would like for us to declare the words of Deuteronomy together…. would you speak this over the person next to you…..

Deuteronomy 28:2 All these blessings will come down on you and spread out beyond you because you have responded to the Voice of your God. v3 You shall be blessed inside the city, and you shall be blessed in the country. 4 God's blessing shall be on your children, and upon your land. v5 God's blessing shall be on your resources and your investments. v6 You shall be blessed in your coming in, and in your going out. v7 God will defeat your enemies who come against you. They'll come at you one way and flee from you seven ways. v8 God will order a blessing on your storehouse and your workplace. He will bless you in the land that He is giving you.

v9 God will fashion you into the person He promised that you can be, if you stay true to the word of God, your God, and live the way he has shown you. v10 And the people will see your life and hold you in respect and honor. v11 God will lavish you with good things. All these things God promised that He would give you. v12 God will throw open the heavens and pour out His blessings. He will bless the work of your hands. You will lend but you yourself won't have to borrow. v13 God will make you the head, and not the tail. You shall be above and not beneath. as you obediently listen to and diligently keep the word of God, your God”.

Let us join in speaking this Prayer together….

Thank you Father that we are not called to micro-manage what you planned for our lives with worry and stressing. Help me to walk out my calling and help me not to fall into the easy trap of treating the symptoms rather than focusing on the real issues. Give me discernment to see the lies that others have embraced, which have caused them to miss out on your supernatural supply. Help me, by your Holy Spirit, to be an example to them, that would reveal the knowledge of the truth that will help to set them free. Thank you that walking in freedom from lack, emptiness, and never having enough, is easier than we think.

Help me to believe that your grace really needs nothing more than a willing vessel, a trusting, receptive heart, and a deeper love for You. Lord, may I align myself in agreement with what you have to say about me, and believe that I am who You say I am, that I can be what you say I can be, I can do what You say I can do, and I can have what you say I can have, as You bring forth Your provision of righteousness peace and joy in my life that is new and extraordinary every morning of every day. In Jesus name, Amen!

We need to celebrate it before we see it….Possess it with praise… and establish it with a heart of gratitude and thanksgiving, and keep giving it away to others, anywhere, and everywhere!