Your Season of Life
We have
just come through what we call ‘The Holiday Season’ and now begin the season of
a new year. If you read verses 1-8, you
get the picture that God wants us to see.
Just as there are seasons for the earth, so there are seasons of our
life.
It would be
foolishness in the middle of winter to go out and plant the fields. If someone dear to you has passed away, you
would not laugh about it; of course not.
That is the time to weep for your loss; there will be a time where you
will be able to laugh again – but not now!
Perhaps at
this season of our life, God wants us to stop and take a look at this new year
that is spread out before us. What is it
you would like to do differently than you have done in the past? Perhaps you need to move into a new season;
one you have never been in before. This
scripture tells us there is a time to live and a time to die; a time to lose
and a time to win and a time to keep silent and a time to speak.
God is in
charge of all the seasons in our lives, but we don’t always follow
directions. This scripture tells us
there is a time to be silent and a time to speak. How often do we speak when we should remain
silent? How often do we say things out of line or gossip, or try to find out
things about people, when we should not speak, but not even listen. If someone is ripping another person apart,
perhaps then we should speak up and tell them this conversation is not what God
would appreciate.
I have to
think about the fact that my season of life right now is in the form of ‘later
years’. I look at this in verse 4; “a
time to mourn and a time to dance”.
I have to tell you that I would rather dance than mourn about the fact
that it hurts to walk, or get up or sit down.
I would rather dance than go through multiple surgeries. I would rather dance than depend on a walker.
Verse 2
tells us there is “a time to be born and a time to die.” In other words, God established a season of
life for every individual and He knows the number of our years. It is what we do with these years that count. Age has nothing to do with following what God
has called you to do. The Bible tells us in Psalm 92:14 ,
“They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be fresh and
flourishing.” This is a season
in which you can still proclaim the Word of God; still share your testimony and
pray. “The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and
wonderful results.” James
5:16
What is
your season of life? Is it “a time
to gain, and a time to lose”, or is it “a time to keep, and a
time to throw away?” If you are
in your thirties you are probably concerned about finances, reaching toward
goals and raising families. That is
natural at those ages, but as families grow, other things begin to overtake
your life. Don’t let your faith drop
down to 5th place instead of 1st place. This is when you could lose it all. This is a time to keep; to hold on to your
families, as well as your friends, while you can. Time goes by so swiftly, make wonderful the
memories now; don’t throw this season away.
You may be
in your teens or early twenties; this is “A time to embrace, or a time to
refrain from embracing”. This is
a season for decisions that will affect your entire life. You may make a decision to go out on your
own; to chose a life style opposite from how you lived growing up. It may be a decision to follow Christ, or to
ignore anything spiritual. In other
words, you will embrace a life style or refrain from one that will be harmful
to you. This is your season right now
and the rest of your life will be changed for the good or the bad.
Again I
ask, what is your season of life? What
are you going to do with it? It is
important to recognize that this is the time for you to make decisions – not
resolutions. Your decision will affect
not only you, but all of those you love.
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