Seasons of Change

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:1

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s we look around us right now, summer seems to be holding on with its brutal temperatures and high humidities here in Southeast Texas. However, it will not be long until all of the schools are back in session and eventually summer will give way to cooler temperatures and the Friday night lights of high school football. The leaves will begin to change their color and beauty as they fall to the ground only to be mulched to help bring new life come spring. Then fall will give way to winter, hot chocolate by the fireplace, Christmas movies with family and friends, decorations throughout the house, and the hustle and bustle of Christmas shopping for those last minute gifts for the special individuals in our lives.

Just as the seasons and weather changes, so too does life. Life has many seasons of change. As we read in Ecclesiastes 3, there is a time or season for everything, from birth until death. One thing for sure is that no matter how hard some of these changes may be, “He hath made every thing beautiful in his time”, is what God’s Word tells us. Sometimes, the way may seem rough and rocky, it may be long and lonely, but God is still with us regardless of the circumstances and the difficulties of life. Often times as we go through these times of darkness, we lose sight of the most important individual of all, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He has promised that He would never leaves us and that He would always be with us, regardless of the season of change that we face.

Some of us today are going through a change of seasons, from a place of comfort to a place of unknown, from a place on the mountain top to a place in the valley low. It is not the circumstance or season change that determines the out come in our life, but the way we react to these changes. You see David, when his son was dying, spent a time in the valley of the shadow of death, he mourned and would not eat. However, after his son had died, he rejoiced and worshipped God. Why, because He knew that one day he would see his child again and he was thankful for that assurance. The valley didn’t determine who he was, but the valley determined who God was in the valley.

What is your season of change today? What has you worried about what the morrow may hold? Just remember that no matter what the season of change is or where it might carry you, God goes before you.

 Jeremiah proclaimed that God knows all things when he said, “For I know the plans I have for you”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”