Wednesdays

I have a friend who refers to Wednesday as “Hump Day.” In using this term, she is indicating that Wednesday is the middle of the work week. If she could simply get past this day, that is, over the hump, the rest of the week would go downhill right into the weekend.

How often have we stated the days of the week without even understanding what the name of each day actually means? The word Wednesday is derived from an Old English word called Woden’s Day. The word “woden,” though it refers to the name of a heathen god, also means spiritual arousal. The Hebrew word for this day is translated as Fourth Day. The number four, in the Bible, is the number of Creativity (Proverbs 30:24; Mark 2:3). The Quaker religion, in an effort not to call this day of the week by its heathen god’s name, also refers to Wednesday as Fourth Day.

Whether it’s spiritual arousal or creativity, I believe God wants to use this day as a time for our congregation to pause, refocus, and recalibrate our spirits towards His Holy Spirit. Prophet Kathleen Verna stated that we must quiet our human minds and emotions, and awaken our spirit toward God. FASTING during the middle of the week arouses our spiritual man in order that we might receive creative ideas from the Holy Spirit (Isaiah 58:8-11). It’s these creative ideas that will help us to accomplish our life purposes (Jeremiah 29:11) as well as our individual kingdom assignments (Matthew 6:33).

So, let’s put God to the test! For the next three months, we will reinstitute Wednesday as the official Day of Prayer & Fasting for Pentecostal Tabernacle. I want each of you to keep a record of what God says and does in your life on this day or in direct correlation to this Day of Fasting. I believe that at the end of this three month period, we will see tangible results from our dedicating this day to seeking God as a congregation.