"You shall observe the
Feast of Tabernacles seven days, when you have gathered from your threshing
floor and from your winepress. And you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your
son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the Levite,
the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, who are within your gates. Seven
days you shall keep a sacred feast to the Lord your God in the place which the
Lord chooses, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce in
all the work of your hands, so that you shall surely rejoice" (Deuteronomy
16:13-15, NKJ).
This weekend, I was honored
to come speak and minister among a gathering of families come together to
celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles every year. They take their tents, their
"tabernacles," and set up camp, just as the Lord commanded the Hebrew people to
go out into their tents to remember the season of their wilderness and to
celebrate the joy of their harvest. There was much joy and celebration and
dancing. And there was much praise for the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who
brings us through our wildernesses into our harvest.
Thank You, Lord, for
bringing us through every wilderness. Thank You for reminding us of the days of
harvest to come. Like the Hebrew people who dwelled in their tents through the
years of the wilderness, they came to know how desperately dependent they were
upon You. And later in the land of Your promise, when You called them out into
the harvest of Your promises, they remembered and celebrated Your faithfulness
and abundant provision. And Your Word says there will come a time again when the
people of the nations of the earth shall "go up from year to year to worship the
King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles" (Zechariah
14:16).
In You, our Messiah, no
matter what wilderness we go through, there is always a harvest to come. No
matter how long our wilderness may last, You are always with us. You are the God
who comes to "tabernacle" among us (John 1:14). So even in the wilderness,
there's always time for celebration and joy. In Jesus' name I pray.
Amen.
Be
encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
Tommy, may the Lord
bring you through every wilderness and remind you of His harvest for you to
come. May you know the joy of His Presence, even in the midst of the wilderness
times. Please pray the same for me, my friend. God bless you!
Friends, please
make plans to come join us for our 4 Day School of Spiritual Ministry in
Lexington, Kentucky November 7-10, 2012.
Be equiped and
empowered to fulfill your destiny in Christ!
Tommy Hays | Messiah
Ministries
Healing from the Inside
Out
2800 Tates Creek
Road
Lexington, Kentucky
40502
