Asking the question….”What Season Are You In?” can open up a can of worms….It can mean so many different things to so many people…
When it comes to the 4 seasons you can always feel what is in the air…the coolness, the sun, the chill, the color of leaves, the smells, usually indicate what season we are entering.
Even commercially, the t.v ads and stores,(which are usually always earlier), let u know what season we are entering next as we see the change of decorations, or clothes on the racks…
Even one can talk about seasons in their life..
Any time we experience an old door closing and a new one opening or some shift in our plans can mean a new season.
Or perhaps we may feel stagnant as if things are never gonna change, but stuck in a season .Or we may question why and is there a purpose or lesson to learn here while going through this season in life. A season of growth, or learning.
THERE ARE MANY SEASONS OR PHASES IN LIFE AND IT IS DIFFERENT FOR EACH ONE OF US:
From a child, to school years,college years, career, marriage and raising a family. From the empty nest season, to again becoming grandparents and feel like you are reliving the season of raising kids.
Or you may be in the season of becoming a caretaker to one or both of your parents, or the season of retirement, or the season of endless days of doctors and medical advice.
Or you can be in the season of a death of a spouse, to not only feel like having to start all over again, but to re-inventing yourself all over again.
It can be a time to focus on the road between the temporary vs. the eternal as our season here on earth may be closing. Which our choice of where we will spend eternity should always be at the forefront, not just when we are heading toward the end of our life as we know it here.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
APPOINTED TIMES AND SEASONS
3 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break 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 cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Joshua 24:7
PERIODS OF TIME
7 And when they cried unto the Lord, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
2 Kings 4:17
OR AT A SPECIFIC TIME
17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
Psalm 104:27
27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
Proverbs 15:23
23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
GOD’S PERFECT TIMING
Isaiah 50:4
4 The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Jeremiah 5:24
24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME OR YEARS
Daniel 7:12
12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
FOR A CERTAIN PURPOSE OR TO TEACH US SOMETHING
Luke 1:20
20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
Acts 13:11
11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
1 Peter 1:6
6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
Luke 4:13
13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
THE LORD APPOINTS THE TIME
John 5:4
4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
CERTAIN TIME FRAME OR PERIOD
2 Corinthians 7:8
8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
Galatians 6:9
9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Philemon 15
15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
Hebrews 11:25
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
What Season Are You Going Through Right Now???
Are You Aware of Yourself Going Through A Season?? And what Are We Learning While Going Through This Season?
I feel at times so much that LIFE is a school we are going through as we sometimes may fail or pass smoothly depending on how we see it and our attitude as we are going through it can make all the difference in the world.
The MAIN thing is though, if we have truly put our life into the Lord’s hands, we are never going through them alone… With every season, every turn, every open door, or closed door. He is with us through it all.
As everything is constantly changing from one day to the next on this roller coaster called LIFE. there is ONE who never sleeps or slumbers, and One who never changes but remains the same ROCK that we can hold on to.
He is never surprised or thrown for a loop when we feel like things are out of control. When the future looks a mystery to us…it is good to know the ONE who has been there already.
Revelation 22:13
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last
As always wanted to give you the chance if you are going through a storm or an unknown season in your life, you never have to go through it alone, I encourage you today to reach out to the One who is reaching out to you right now to save you and be your ROCK and ANCHOR to hold on to when everything and everyone is changing around you. I will leave this simple prayer for you.
In His Love,
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