Word of the Day
Beloved, times and seasons are in My hand. They have been firmly rooted and I marked them…I set them in order with the Word of My mouth (Genesis 1:14). I appointed the moon for the seasons and the sun itself knows the exact time of its setting (Psalm 104:19). In other words, seasons are very important to Me. They herald the beginning and ending of things…a season for this and a season for that. I created the natural seasons: spring, winter, summer and fall and they have not ceased to exist for they were set as immovable by My Word. To everything there is a season in both the natural and the spiritual (Ecclesiastes 3:1).
Seeing I have been perfectly capable and trustworthy to hold the times and seasons in place, I am more than able to handle and help you navigate the seasons of your life…more than capable of giving you counsel just as I gave it to David in his night seasons (Psalms 16:7).
May it comfort you to know how all the great ones who served Me went through seasons and times…many times going through things they did not understand at the moment or not at all. Do you think Abraham fully understood the season of waiting for Isaac? Did David fully understand the seasons of life he would go through after Samuel anointed him with oil? Did Joseph understand the seasons of his life which ultimately facilitated in him being the provision of a nation? Selah. (Meditate)
What should be the common factor in all seasons of life in order to not extend or prolong them beyond their intended length? It is obedience and willingness to be like David and listen to the counsel of the heart. My children stayed forty years in the desert. Selah. (Meditate)
Beloved, I never do anything just to have something to do. All is planned and appointed for times and seasons. Understanding this will free you when difficult times come…will free you when difficult seasons come. Know that I have already given you everything you need to be the “seasonal plant” you need to be in the season you are experiencing or in ones to come. I have given you everything you need pertaining to life and godliness. I have given you everything you need in the Seed of Life, Christ. Times may be seasonal; but, My son is eternal. Knowing this is how you survive with joy in the trying times…how you survive in the appointed valleys of life.
If one should look at times and seasons in the natural in reference to the coming of My Son Jesus, one might be tempted to think I shouldn’t have waited so long…or maybe I should have avoided it all together in favor of a simpler way. Not so! He had an appointed time. Not one day sooner and not one day later (Galatians 4:4).
Water came from a rock at the appointed time. The Red Sea was crossed at an appointed time. Jacob laid his head to rest on a rock at an appointed time. Paul preached at an appointed time. His jail cell opened at an appointed time. The woman at the well received Living Water at an appointed time. The angel came and stirred the waters at appointed times (John 5:4). John was given the Revelation at an appointed time. Jesus will return at the appointed time. All of these seasons, though different and though they passed, produced a part of the whole.
You, My Beloved, will have many seasons which will come and go. The key is to let seasons come and let seasons go, all the while being obedient to learn their lessons without putting Me in a box. The key, to use a natural phrase, is to not try and produce apples when pears are needed…to not try and produce corn when wheat is needed, for you will be many “seasonal plants” throughout your life. All you have to do is know that the soil of any season is Christ, the Imperishable ever Fruitful One.
TO EVERYTHING there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven: (Ecclesiastes 3:1 Amplified)
And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs and tokens [of God’s provident care], and [to mark] seasons, days, and years (Genesis 1:14 Amplified)
I will bless the Lord, Who has given me counsel; yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons (Psalms 16:7 Amplified)
He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding! (Daniel 2: 21)
For an angel of the Lord went down at appointed seasons into the pool and moved and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was cured of whatever disease with which he was afflicted (John 5:4 Amplified)
Prayer
Lord, there is truly a time and season under the sun for every purpose. When I remind myself of this truth I cease to worry or fret. The season I am in may not be the season of the harvest; yet, the season of the harvest is coming. How I love knowing that my time is in Your hands. I have nothing to fear as I rest in the comfort of Your sovereign care.
Seasons have a purpose divinely created for them by You. This includes the seasons of my life as well. In my life there are also purposes and they too will bring forth fruit in their appointed time as I submit to the kind intentions of Your heart for me.
Lord, I thank you for helping me to navigate through the seasons of my life, and all the transitions I go through as I travel on this journey called life with You. I surrender my obedience and willingness to follow You as we go through this process together. I will listen to the counsel of Your heart and not lean on my own understanding. I look to You for You are the joy of my salvation as I wait on You all day long. I will embrace the seasons as they come and as they go. May I be obedient to learn all the lessons You desire to teach me in the midst of every season as the glorious living water of Christ lives through me. Amen.
Reflect and Journal
1. Are you willing to acknowledge and surrender to the fact that the times and seasons are in God’s hands and not in your control? If yes, write a declaration to that fact.
2. Have you ever given thought to the fact you go through many seasons in your life and it is OK to do so? What season are you in now?
3. What is the common factor that is required to be like David as mentioned above? Are you willing to share in that factor?
4. As you recognize that seasons come and go, does it help you to put into perspective what you are going through right now? How so?