Time and Season

Title: Time and Seasons

Scripture: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven – Ecclesiastes 3:1

Life is full of seasons. When seasons change many times the changes are abrupt and accompanied by storms. Storms are often signal a change in season, and not necessarily a bad change. Storms come before warmer weather just as much as they do before colder. It is important that we have a discerning heart. It isn’t always easy to transition from one season to another even in the best of circumstances. Even great blessings can bring difficult transitions

[pullquote] In order to enter a new season we must often be stripped of the last season.[/pullquote] Pruning often takes place just before winter. Taking that example and applying it to us we see we are cut and then left to convalesce in a time of little fruit, and we have to deal with the normal trials that a winter season brings. That is a whole lot of life summed up in that one sentence! I chose the picture because of the happy faces on the tree hackers. We feel the pain of the pruning shears, the vineyard sees the multiplied fruit down the road. We need to take advantage of every season.

Don’t Fear Change: That’s often the case when we are transitioning into new seasons. And it makes the move a more trying, confusing experience than it needs to be. Typically, it’s not rebellion that keeps us from transitioning to the new place God wants to take us. It’s often just ignorance, immaturity or fear of change. But failing to move in God’s timing can bring unwanted consequences, such as strained relationships, financial loss and stress. We need to discern the times and seasons we’re in and move with the Holy Spirit.

[pullquote]Do not compare your season with someone else’s, it can kill contentment in your life.[/pullquote]Once you’ve discerned that the Lord is ushering you into a new season, quickly get into agreement with Him. The Bible says, “(How) can two walk together, unless they are agreed?” (Amos 3:3). Surrender your will to the Lord’s will and be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. When you do, you’ll find peace and joy even in the midst of the most difficult transitions. When we resist the will of the Lord we find ourselves without the grace we need to rise to the occasion He is calling us to. He gives grace to the humble and He gives us the grace to be humble.
So no matter what season you are in now—and no matter what season the Lord has for you next be encouraged. The Lord would say to you, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope” (Jeremiah 29:11). Seasons may change. Winds may blow. But God is the God of all seasons.

You have entered into a season of refreshing and restoration in Jesus name

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