June Prophetic Word: First Fruits

June Prophetic Word: First Fruits

Life can be parabolic when lived in heart connection with God.

About a week ago or so, I harvested my first ripe tomatoes from this year’s garden. The words, “FIRST FRUITS!” resounded in my mind, and I couldn’t help but declare it.

When I sat with the Lord and asked Him what He was speaking over June, I didn’t hear anything immediately.

Then, Brian and I were praying together, and those same words slipped from my lips and landed in my heart.

I knew God was declaring over June that it's a “first fruits” month.

The sense I’ve gotten is that many of us have been in a season of patiently waiting for the seeds we’ve planted to grow and bear fruit. We’ve tended and nurtured the seeds, watered and fertilized them, looked expectantly for growth each day, spoken words of faith over them, trusted they would grow . . . and kept on waiting.

The waiting has seemed so long, but hope has stayed in our hearts because progress has been evident, even if we’ve sometimes questioned if the seedlings would flourish.

This month, we’ll begin to see the first fruits - the initial harvest of the seeds we’ve so tenderly nurtured. It’s the early harvest, and a promise of the greater harvest yet to come.