Seasons in Life
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
1 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.
9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it
11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Life revolves around seasons, seasons of change both comfortable and uncomfortable. As Christians, we are not overcome by these hard seasons in life because we have our trust in God. Thinking to the life of David, he went from a Sheppard boy to a servant of the king and then became a fugitive on the run. Throughout this process of him running from King Saul, God was rooting out the Saul in David’s own heart.
There comes a time when David finally understands and comes to a place where he no longer has a “Saul” in his own heart. But God was not finished because as David kept running, God was rooting out the desire for “Saul” in Israel. Our lives are not our own but we have been bought with a price. Throughout our life, God might place us in seasons of comfortable and uncomfortable.
It is important that we are sensitive and ask God what he is wanting with our life for this current season. In this season of life right now, remember that this is not forever but just a moment. It will end and there will be a new season that comes and brings us back to where God wants us to be.