SEASONS

Eccl 3:1-2 To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to give birth, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted.
 

There are seasons for everything in life. Many times you don't understand why something is happening and you wonder "have I done something wrong?" or maybe "Did I do something really great?". The answer to 'why?' may simply be it's the season.

1.  We will always have seasons when we need miracles of God’s love.

2. There will be times that we attempt to do the will of God, yet, everything seems to go Wrong.

3. We can’t Pray away God’s season;

4. The Lord has purpose in not allowing us to be fruitful all the time.

5. If you look at the fruit tree they do not bear fruit year round, there is a season when everything is ripe and ready for the harvest.

6. A tree that is never pruned (tested) always produces small fruit and it is usually bitter. But if you prune back the tree, it does bleed, and when it heals and spring comes then you begin to see large fruit, sweet and good for use. 

There is a purpose in test and challenges.  They are to bring about a maturing of the children of God. Do not be discouraged by them but  choose rather to see the good they do you and greatness that God has for you.

 Delays are not DEFEATS in the Kingdom of God and HIS plan. God's timing is not ours and even when God says "soon" it may not be our definition of soon.

DO NOT MAKE PERMANENT DECISIONS BASED ON A TEMPORARY SEASON OR CIRCUMSTANCE YOU ARE GOING THROUGH.

SOME THINGS THAT ARE TEMPORARY DO NOT ALWAYS REQUIRE ACTION, BUT PATIENCE.

Someone once wrote:

“The reward of patience is reflected in gradually not have to amend your amendments!”

AND THEN, THERE ARE THE SEASON OF LIFE AND DEATH.

We all know that no one lives here on earth forever. Generations pass and new ones are born. That is just the cycle of life. We grieve the losses and rejoice at the blessing of new life. But God says "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted."

But times and seasons are not just for life and death---they are for war and peace, for planting and plucking up, for laughter and for tears; a time to give and a time to receive, a time to bear fruit and a time for the vine to be pruned.

There are 4 natural seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall and these correspond to different phases of growth and life. Trees are not pruned in the heat of summer or they will bleed to death because the sap is flowing.  They are pruned during colder weather. Winter seems like a time when everything is dead and snow covers the ground, but actually, the sap is flowing down and replenishing the tree and vines. You would not have the buds of spring without the restful time of winter. Spring brings new life---things begin to bud and blossom and reach lush ripeness in the summer. Then comes fall; one of the most beautiful times of all. The warmth and fire of glowing color, rich beauty covers the Earth as the cycle gets ready to repeat----just before the cold of winter.

The seasons go by,  leaving change in their wake. Your world is transformed by their passing.

Eccl 3:1-2 To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to give birth, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted.