“Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in the LORD your God; For He has given you the former rain faithfully, And He will cause the rain to come down for you – The former rain, And the latter rain in the first month” (Joel. 2:23).
In our anchor scripture, the Lord encouraged His people to be glad because of what was coming, as blessing from God to them – multiple increase. The reason being that the Almighty God had decided to be so good to them such that, not only was He going to release to them the blessing He had apportioned to them for that season, He was also going to restore to them the blessings they had missed in the past, for whatever reason (Joel. 2:23). We can learn several things from the scripture, in terms of how our God, who does not change – “His truth endures to all generation” (Psa. 100:5), operates.
First, God wants the very best for His people. He desires not just for us to increase, but for us to increase maximally. He desired not just for us to be blessed, but to be maximally blessed. It is important for us to know this truth, be conscious of it at all times and makesure that we hold on to it, to minister to ourselves anytime the occasion demands.
Secondly, we are told that God has given the rain “faithfully” – this is to remind ourselves that God is always faithful, and we cannot even afford to forget that! (Rom. 3:3).
Thirdly, the Almighty God is God of restoration. If we missed any blessing that should have come to us, at any time, God is still able to bring it to us by way of restoration, at any time in our lives, no matter how long. Therefore, I encourage someone, do not lose hope concerning certain things you desire from God, rather let your hope be renewed in this season of multiple increase, because I see God manifesting the power of resurrection and restoration, in our midst, this season, to bring glory to His name with multiple testimonies in Jesus’ name.
Fourthly, God can choose to bless us abundantly by bringing to us both previous blessings and new blessings at the same time, so that we have blessing upon blessing, with overflowing joy! This is what God does when He wants to reveal Himself in an unusual way to His people, and I see Him doing that in our midst, for overflowing multiple increase, this season, in Jesus’ name. Fifthly, is the fact that the Almighty God will cause
this blessing to manifest – spring forth in our lives, without delay (in the first month). For us, our first month, in this revelation, is this month of October and there shall be no delayin fulfilment, in Jesus’ name.
For everyone that is reading this, I say, be glad then and rejoice greatly in the Lord, for the multiple increase He is bringing into your life. You will certainly give your testimonies and bless the Lord your God, in Jesus’ name. if you believe this and have received it, shout a big Hallelujah! Amen!