SEASONS
For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NLT)
Are you a summer or winter kind of person? Spring or fall, maybe? I find myself wanting spring to come, only to wish autumn would come back again. Each season has its positives and negatives. One thing is for sure, though: the seasons will come no matter my preferences.
Our lives have seasons as well. Some of you are graduating from college and starting on the road to adulting. Others of us have children in diapers, and we’re navigating the terrible twos. Some of us are taking our kids to get their driver’s license, while others are navigating being empty nesters. You may be caring for your aging parents. Maybe you are the aging parent.
Each season has unique activities that go with it, and these activities occur under the view of heaven. Interesting that while we may be focused on our seasons and activities, God is watching over us. Whatever season you are in, rest assured that God is still in control and orchestrating events according to His will and for your good.
Do you ever wonder how all these seasons are going to end? After all the ups and downs of life? All the celebrations and the struggles? We are told in Ecclesiastes, by the wisest man who ever lived, that there is a season for everything…even the end of lives here on earth…the earth itself. Not a topic we often reflect upon, but it seems to come up more often these days. The Bible talks about it, so we have somewhere to go for awareness and answers.
Whatever season you are in, rest assured that God is still in control and orchestrating events according to His will and for your good. That is a good season to always be in.
APPLICATION: Reflect on one hard season in your life and one great season in your life. What do you believe came from those seasons? Look to share your lessons with someone who is going through a similar season.
PRAYER: Father, thank You for the seasons of my life. Help me to embrace whatever season I am in now. Grant me wisdom to learn from all the seasons of my life. Amen.
"… Our Father in heaven…" Matthew 6:9b (NLT)
• What do You want to say to me today as my Father?
"… may your name be kept holy." Matthew 6:9c (NLT)
• What do You want to reveal to me about Your power today?
"May your Kingdom come soon." Matthew 6:10a (NLT)
• Help me make Your priorities my priorities today.
"Give us today the food we need," Matthew 6:11 (NLT)
• Is there anything specific You want me to do with my time or the people I'm around today?
"and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us" Matthew 6:12 (NLT)
• Reveal to me anyone I need to forgive or ask for forgiveness.
"And don't let us yield to temptation…" Matthew 6:13a (NLT)
• Is there anywhere I'm vulnerable to temptation?