Adjusting the the Seasons of God - Part II
by Dr. John Tetsola

Last month we learned how God releases His sentence of death upon a good thing. It can be something that you have worked hard for and you’re beginning to see its fruit. Yet the promise is, when God takes away the first in our lives, He is going to establish the second. If we are going to effectively embrace the benefits of the kingdom, we must embrace the nature of walking with the Lord which entails making constant adjustments to His seasons.

Characteristics of Things Sentenced to Death by God

And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Genesis 22:1-2

Notice five characteristics about “Isaac” who is a type of what God sentences to death in our lives while adjusting us to His seasons. First, the Father places His sentence of death upon that which is born and promised of Him. Isaac was completely God-ordained, yet chosen to receive the Father’s sentence of death. At times that which the Lord birthed and promised us is what He kills. Second, Isaac is the anointed son who is favored by the Lord. Third, Isaac is the hope of the future because God is going to fulfill covenant through him. The fourth characteristic is that he is protected and loved. Finally, God’s sentence of death gets pronounced over our Isaacs—over that which will also be an instrument of blessing to others. Looking at these characteristics in the life of Isaac, who became a type of Christ, you will find that what God actually sentences to death in our lives are good things—things that are birthed and promised of Him. They are things that are anointed and things that have hope. They are things that are loved and things that will become great instruments of blessing to the body.

Making the Necessary Adjustments

Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Matthew 26:38-39, 42

If you are going to follow Jesus and walk in a stronger realm in the Spirit, you will be confronted with a constant state of adjustment. To adjust means to put in order, to regulate and to settle. It means to bring to a satisfactory state and to bring together. Like Jesus in His Gethsemane experience, you must fall on your face and regulate and settle your soul, bringing it into alignment with the Father’s sentence of death. Because God is headed somewhere, He is on a constant path of movement and adjustments. God is always interested in doing a new thing in our lives, but we must be willing to be adjusted. We must let go of the former places of our lives and be willing to be propelled into new arenas with a new anointing. Isaac was the will of God. He was blessed, favored and honored of God, yet God said, “Kill him.” The parallel to this in the New Testament is Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. The Father sentenced His only begotten Son Jesus to death in order to bring many sons to righteousness. As Abraham wrestled with God who gave him Isaac, Jesus also wrestled with His Father. Despite Abraham’s wrestling, he still yielded to the Father’s sentence. Jesus wrestled with the Father and His sweat became like great clots of blood, and even while being in agony, He yielded to the Father’s sentence of death.

True worship is sacrifice and sacrifice means that it will cost you something. It takes our being divinely adjusted in order to embrace new levels of obedience and submission. Our hearts must become succulent and sensitive to the leading and movements of the Spirit when He instructs us to move in a new direction. Because their hearts were hardened, the children of Israel refused to be adjusted to the leading and direction of God. Instead, they chose to remain in the places where God used to be in their lives. They wanted to linger in the place of the last miracle—a dangerous place to be. While the last miracles and places may be good, there are still greater places that the Holy Spirit intends to take us. God’s ultimate destination is purpose. In order to get there, there will always be a demand placed upon us, our ministries and churches. Respond to the spirit of change and make the necessary adjustments so that the purpose of God can be manifested in your life and ministry.

by Dr. John A. Tetsola