God's Timing: Seasons Are Changing
What does it mean to have different seasons of life? In this week's blog post we will focus on God's Timing and different types of seasons a believer in christ can experience.
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Maya
10/21/20264 min read
Changes of Seasons through God’s Timing
If we relate seasons in our lives, we can compare them to the seasons of the weather. As time moves forward, the four seasons (Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall) cycle through the year. God has designed different seasons in our lives for a specific purpose. Ecclesiastes 3:1 states, “There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven” (AMP). This verse clarifies God’s timing and how life's seasons change. A season is a time God appoints for a specific reason or purpose. You can't speed up a season or force yourself into a new one. Seasons can metaphorically describe God's divine timing in your life. Each season has a unique purpose: to teach lessons, build experience, and develop character. Here are a few examples of seasons you may experience.
Types of Seasons
Purging (Cleansing): To purge means to be cleansed. To prepare you to become the individual God has called you to be, God requires a cleansing process. In this particular season, it shapes and molds you into who God has called you to be. Throughout the Bible, God purges our sins (Psalms 51), old doctrine (old ways of thinking), and relationships; these seasons set us apart from the world and instill new ways of thinking, mindsets, and behaviors. As a result, you no longer deem acceptable what you once found acceptable, such as the ways of the world.
Drought: We experience seasons of drought for various reasons. Drought may show up in your finances, relationships, or job opportunities. This may be a season when God is trying to usher you into surrendering and trusting in His timing. This may enhance your faith in God and allow him to provide a way, even when it feels like there is no way. This season, you may find that God strips away past relationships that no longer serve you, refining you in the process. During droughts, nothing is going the way you hope. You may feel as if you are experiencing loss in different areas of your life, such as friendships, financial stability, or security and safety. A season of drought can feel like the loss is compounding; you may feel the urge to quit or feel an immense sense of loneliness and helplessness. However, Jeremiah 17:7-8 (AMP) states, “Blessed [with spiritual security] is the man who believes and trusts in and relies on the Lord, and whose hope and confident expectation is the Lord. For he will be [nourished] like a tree planted by the waters, that spreads out its roots by the river; And will not fear the heat when it comes; But its leaves will be green and moist. And it will not be anxious and concerned in a year of drought, nor stop bearing fruit.” This verse emphasizes the importance of surrendering and trusting in God through difficult seasons. According to this verse, the more you surrender and rely on God, the more you will see God provide, protect, and strengthen you even in difficult circumstances.
Sowing, Planting, or Building: Through your works, you’ll have a season of opportunities that align with where God is calling you to be. By sowing a seed, you trust that the Lord will water it. Focus on what God has called you to do in this season of your life, do it, and follow his instructions completely. You will see that his instructions are the building blocks you need to fulfill your purpose here on earth. This season may look like God giving you instructions to start a new business or to provide services to those in need. By taking action and staying consistent in your work and faith, you will grow and see elevation, whether in your character or your work. Starting small and handling it well shows God you can handle much more.
Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. - Luke 16:10 (NIV)
Season of Overflow: During this season, believers experience an overflow of God’s blessings, including resources, knowledge, and wisdom. The biggest question to ask is: How do you enter a season of overflow? Leviticus 26:3-5 states, “If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit. Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want and live in safety in your land.”
God has a specific plan, a divine purpose for each of our lives. It is difficult to make sense of His overall plan for your life. So carry out the instructions he has placed on your heart. Keep being patient, and trust in God’s plan for your life. Focus on what he assigned you to do in the present moment; it's all part of the overall plan God crafted specifically for you.
“He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end.” - Ecclesiastes 3:11 (AMP)
Trust in God’s Timing!
Questions to Ponder Until Next Time
What was your most difficult season?
What was the purpose of that season?
Knowing what you know now about that difficult season of life, what would you do differently if you faced it again?
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