Good morning friends,
We know this scripture verse well
Ecclesiastes 3 AMP
1 There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven—
2 A time to be born and a time to die;A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
3 A time to kill and a time to heal;A time to tear down and a time to build up.
4 A time to weep and a time to laugh;A time to mourn and a time to dance.
5 A time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones;A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing.
6 A time to search and a time to give up as lost;A time to keep and a time to throw away.
7 A time to [a]tear apart and a time to sew together;A time to keep silent and a time to speak.
8 A time to love and a time to hate;A time for war and a time for peace.
I have been thinking about these verses for weeks even as we prepare ourselves for the winter season over here in the UK.
I will speak to you about seasons from the angle of preparation as there are different seasons in this life. We need to be prepared and ready for every kind of external change so that we will never be blind-sided by the enemy. No matter how good one is - we will all experience "bad" seasons. May our roots grow deeper and deeper in God's love. The deeper our roots grow is the more stable and unshakeable we will become.
May God be our foundation and our all in all. Our everything. If we cleave to him, can anything really shake us? Our anchor will definitely hold in any storm.
So how do we prepare for adverse seasons:
1 We cannot follow the same routine in different seasons. Desperate times really call for desperate measures. Some seasons we have just got to be in fasting and prayer locked in with the Lord. Some seasons we have to just groan through them and allow the Holy Spirit to make intercession for us
Romans 8:26/27
26 In the same way the Spirit [comes to us and] helps us in our weakness. We do not know what prayer to offer or how to offer it as we should, but the Spirit Himself [knows our need and at the right time] intercedes on our behalf with sighs and groanings too deep for words. 27 And He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because the Spirit intercedes [before God] on behalf of [c]God’s people in accordance with God’s will.
2 Do not get into the mode of what did I do to deserve this? I tell you the truth. Everyone will have mountain top experiences, valley experiences and wilderness experiences.
When we go into each season with this kind of mind-set - that anything that God allows in our life (as his adopted children) he will definitely use it for his glory.
We will definitely understand that adversity, troubles, trials - The fire - will birth purpose, Great purpose because God is in the midst of it.
When we come into that level of maturity in Christ, of learning to be content in every season then we will definitely be effective in the Kingdom.
Imagine that life lived where even in the fire God will be glorified
Even in the winter, summer, spring or autumn seasons of life - We will still glorify God.
What an awesome place it is to have entered God's rest and live each day glorifying him
May we always focus on what is truly important - God and eternity spent with him. May we we truly adapt to and enjoy, every season in God.
Amen
Walk good in Christ
Till we meet again
Pastor J
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