- That is what the Holy Ghost does. He causes men to hear that sound, the sound and they begin to dive into the House of God.
- In this season we shall see that sound blasted forth on our behalf.
- The Spirit of the Lord is the Spirit of power.
*As we keep engaging the Holy Spirit, we shall keep changing levels in power
Father, this morning we have come to give You all the glory. For what You have done, we thank You for your faithfulness. Thank You for your mighty hand that has been at work in our midst. The evidences are some of the testimonies we have heard again. We give You all the praise. Lord, our eyes are upon this morning. We asked that You speak to us again. Let your Word transform each one of our lives. We give You all the praise and all the glory in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
From scriptures, we are made to understand that the Holy Spirit is the Lord of the Harvest (Matthew 9:38). From scriptures, we are made to understand that when the Holy Ghost showed up in the Book of the Acts of the Apostles, the Church erupted in growth from 120 individuals gathered in the Upper Room to 3,120 in one day (Acts 2:41). That is a multiplication of 25 times on their initial starting point. The same day, not over a number of days. We see that as soon as the Holy Ghost came on the scene, the harvest began to manifest.
Acts 4:4 – 5,000 were again added to the Church
Acts 5:14 – The Bible says multitudes were added to the Church
What we see from the scriptures is that the Holy Ghost is actually the Lord of the Harvest. He is the One behind the Harvest. That is why it becomes important for us to understand how to engage Him in order to see the harvest that God has ordained for us in this season.
Our exhortation for this week therefore shall be focused on:
ENGAGING THE LORD OF THE HARVEST FOR SUPERNATURAL CHURCH GROWTH
We are going to begin this morning by looking specifically at how He manifests as the Lord of the Harvest.
Number one thing we discovered this morning is that the Holy Spirit supernaturally drafts multitudes into the Church through His mighty rushing wind.
Acts 2:2-6
The mighty rushing wind was the manifestation of the Holy Ghost. According to scriptures, we are meant to see that the Holy Ghost is a mighty rushing wind and what He does is to draft in the multitudes.
We have a picture painted to us in the Book of Numbers chapter 11 verse 31.
The wind went and brought the quails and caused them to fall by the camp. It is important for us to understand the power of wind in the natural. When wind is at work, it moves both the willing and unwilling objects. The wind does not seek the permission of what it will move. It simply moves it. If there is something in the way of the wind, the wind moves it in the direction that it is going. Church Gist. It cannot say I am going left, if the wind is going right, it must go right with the wind. It is important for us to understand that is what occurs when the Holy Ghost begins to operate in the lives of men.
We have heard testimonies of individuals saying, “I don’t know what kept bringing me back here.” That is the wind of the Spirit, keeps driving them with or without their permission, bringing them to the House of God.
So the Holy Spirit is the Wind, He is the One that drafts in the multitude and causes them to flow in.
Isaiah 2:2-3
God’s Word declares this and it shows a picture of the End time Church. The word ‘flow’ is something that is utilized when we talk about water, but flow does not go upward. But the Bible says that even though the mountain of the Lord’s House will be at the top of the mountain, He said they will flow. There is something that must be driving them in order for them to flow upwards. That is the wind of the Spirit.
He moves them in direction that they will not naturally go. Water never flows upward, it flows downward but when the wind of the Spirit is at work, it moves them towards the House of God with or without their intention or permission.
That is why we keep invoking the wind of the Spirit, “go forth into our harvest field and begin to draft in the multitudes.” When you look at that scriptures very closely in Numbers chapter 11, it didn’t say that the wind went and the quail came. No, it said, “the wind went and brought.” So there is a bringing power of the wind that has the ability to draw men into the house of God.
That is what we shall see in this prophetic season, the wind of the Spirit will go forth across Lagos, across Ota, across all of the environs and begin to bring men in, begin to draw men in, begin to draft men in. Somebody believes it, say a loud Amen.
What else, the Holy Ghost through His irresistible sound gathers multitudes into the Church. We have seen that He does it through the wind. We are seeing here now that He does it also through His sound. Remember in that Book of Acts chapter 2 verse 2, He said, “that suddenly there came a sound…” Not only was there a wind but there was a sound and the Bible tells us in verse 6 when this sound was noised abroad (Acts 2:6). There is a sound that the Holy Ghost perpetuates that begins to draft in the multitudes into the House of God.
Isaiah 5:26
There is a sound in the realm of the spirit that men will always respond to. He said there is this sound that when the Holy Ghost comes, He said they will come with speed swiftly. They will start rushing towards the direction of the sound. That is what we are saying the Holy Ghost does. He causes His sound to be heard and that sound is irresistible.
You know the Lord said something concerning the King of Assyria, He said, “I will cause him to hear a blast and when he hears that blast it will be as though as he has been wrung in the nose and he is drawn back to his nation.”
“I will cause him to hear a blast’ – there are sounds in the realm of the spirit. You may not hear a physical sound but there is a sound in the spirit realm that pulls men in the direction that God intends. That is what the Holy Ghost does. He causes men to hear that sound, the sound they cannot resist and they begin to rush, they begin to run, they begin to dive into the House of God.
-In this season we shall see that sound blasted forth on our behalf.
That is what God says, God makes it clear to us that the Holy Spirit comes forth manifesting as the wind that drives individuals with or without their permission.
Secondly, He comes and manifests as an irresistible sound, that which no man can argue against. The One that no one can reason against, the One that no one can resist and as a result of that they begin to rush into the House of God and that is what the Holy Ghost does. That is why He is the Lord of the Harvest.
It is important to understand that this Ministry of the Holy Ghost must be engaged for us to see them at work.
We have the responsibility of engaging this Ministry of the Holy Spirit. Church Gist. That is why the Bible tells us in Luke chapter 11 verse 13. We engage Him by asking Him.
Matthew 9:38
We don’t just wait for the Holy Ghost to manifest, we pray Him into action, we pray Him into manifestation. We call upon God to see this Ministry of the Holy Spirit manifested on our behalf. We don’t wait, we engage Him on the altar of prayer.
Acts 1:14; Acts 2:1 – they were still together in that attitude and atmosphere of prayer when suddenly the Holy Ghost came down. There is a need and necessity to engage the altar of prayer.
Acts 4:31-33 – they prayed and suddenly there was a shaking
You can’t separate prayer from the manifestation of the Spirit. As they engaged in prayer, suddenly the Holy Ghost came down and as a result of that another turn in eruption.
We don’t wait, we engage Him on the altar of prayer.
I like each one of us therefore to understand as we keep taking our position on the altar of prayer, we must keep invoking the Lord of the Harvest, the Holy Ghost to take charge of the Harvest, to come down as a mighty rushing wind, moving men with or without their permission, moving them with or without their intention to the House of God.
We keep praying down the Holy Ghost to come as the sound they cannot resist. Calling them forth into the House of God and then when that is done we shall begin to see Him manifest in unusual ways.
-In this season, the Spirit of God will come down as a mighty rushing wind and men shall be rushed into the House of God.
-He will come down as that irresistible sound and they will come unrestricted into the House of the Lord.
Prayer: Holy Spirit, You are the Lord of the Harvest, take charge of the Harvest this week.
Invoke His help on the altar of prayer right now. Invoke His help.
Come down as a mighty rushing wind and rush down the souls of men, the souls of women, the souls of the old, the souls of the young; rush them into the Kingdom; rush them into this Church this week in the name of Jesus.
Come down as the mighty rushing wind. Come down as that irresistible sound. Let there be a blast they cannot resist, in their spirit man, drawing them with the cords of the Lord into your House all through this week in the name of Jesus.
We are invoking this multi-faceted ministry of the Spirit to go to work on our behalf and bringing the harvest like never before.
Father, thank You and blessed be your Holy name, in Jesus precious name we have prayed.
No one engages the Holy Ghost for the task of God and remains powerless. The Spirit of God is the Spirit of power.
-As you and I continue to engage Him we shall keep changing levels in power, in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Another day is here, loaded with opportunities for the advancement of the Kingdom. Opportunities for the advancement of His cause.
SPEAK TO THE DAY
Declare what the day must deliver. It is what you declare that God will deliver. Therefore, speak to the day!!
No muttering of words, make clear declarations, do with confidence and assurance. Speak assuredly this morning.
This day is a blessed day.
It is a loaded day.
It is a results filled day.
It is a testimony day in the name of Jesus Christ. So shall it be in Jesus precious name.
As you have declared this morning, so shall it be.
-This day is blessed, for you it will be a day of testimonies.
-It will be a fruitful day, a testimony loaded day.
-This is the first working day of this week, all through this week things keep working for you.
In the name of Jesus Christ, so shall it be in Jesus precious name.
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