We have entered the last month of the Hebraic calendar which is Adar 1 beginning February 2, 2022 and ending Wednesday March 3, 2022. This is a leap year when Adar 1 is followed by the additional month of Adar 2 that is added every three years in order to sync with the solar calendar. In a leap year, Purim is celebrated in the added month.
Adar means strength and power. The Tribe of Adar is Naphtali – “Sweetness is to me”. It’s meaning is a time of celebration that the curse of bitterness is overturned and is turned into sweetness. This is an overcoming month to experience joy! It is said in apocryphal writings that Naphtali instructed his sons to fear the Lord; to serve and to follow after Him.
What is the fruit the Lord is offering to us in this season of Adar? Sweet fruit instead of bitter fruit!
In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. Revelation 22:2a NKJV
Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him. Psalms 34:8-9 NKJV
Clue – Sweetness in overcoming joy!
What if the Lord is offering us the fruit of Joy from the tree of life this month? Joy is one of the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” Galatians 5:22 NKJV
Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10 NKJV
And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” II Corinthians 12:9a NKJV
This exert was taken from https://faithtestimony.org/quest-of-the-overcomers-by-beth-auman-and-jobeth-kested/overcoming-fruit-from-the-tree-of-life-adar-i-5779/.
For more information on Adar please visit https://faithtestimony.org/quest-of-the-overcomers-by-beth-auman-and-jobeth-kested/adar-5780/
We Bless you all and Speak Shalom over you as Adonai makes all things that have been bitter – sweet. Love Beyond Measure, Beth Auman and JoBeth Kested