There are four seasons that God has given to us. Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter, but there are many, many, many seasons of life. Each of us in this open air ampi-theatre this morning, are going through different seasons in their lives.
You may be in one season of growth, and family members or friends in another season. Sometimes that causes real tension and difficulty. You see it helps to understand when they’re going through a different season from you.
If you’re working with somebody, and they’re going through a certain season of life, it helps you to understand as you work with them why their attitude is like it is.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, to everything there is a season. “There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under 2
heaven.” Another translation says, “Everything on earth has its special seasons.”
I’m thankful we have the Bible to help us understand how God works in all the seasons of life to help us find faith and grow and mature. It reminds us how God works through the providences of life and fulfills His purposes in ways that at the time seem so mystifying. It calls us to examine our lives in the light of eternity.
God uses every season to teach us something, to communicate to us something about Himself, something about His faithfulness, something about His love in sending His Son, something about His strength, something about His power.
I have often wished that God would just give me a post-it note filled with upcoming events. “Be careful! Today you’re going to be in a car wreck. Tomorrow your friend will gossip about you and next month you will break your leg skiing.” I wish I could just have a heads up on a few of the harder things that are coming my way; but God never works that way, does he?
He wants us to have complete faith in him. This is how we grow as individuals and how we develop a relationship with him. And faith can move mountains.
It is certainly not fun while you are facing Goliath, but when you have that AHA moment and the stone from your slingshot hits the intended target….EUREKA! There is no better feeling!
Today, if you are facing the greatest battle of your life…have faith that God sees you right where you are. You are in the palm of his hand, never alone or deserted in your hour of need.
Reach out and grab hold of the hem of his garment as he passes your way. When you reach for him, he will unleash the power of heaven on earth and ONLY great things can happen.
Isaiah 55:9, “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”