Recognize the God
Can you see God in every season of your life? King Solomon of the Bible taught that there are seasons for everything:
1 There’s an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth:
2-8 A right time for birth and another for death,
A right time to plant and another to reap,
A right time to kill and another to heal,
A right time to destroy and another to construct,
A right time to cry and another to laugh,
A right time to lament and another to cheer,
A right time to make love and another to abstain,
A right time to embrace and another to part,
A right time to search and another to count your losses,
A right time to hold on and another to let go,
A right time to rip out and another to mend,
A right time to shut up and another to speak up,
A right time to love and another to hate,
A right time to wage war and another to make peace.
(Ecclesiastes 3:1-3 (The Message)
This passage of Scripture tells me that we should expect all of the above to occur in life. We should not be surprised or dismayed when we encounter difficulties. Sometimes we will experience what feels like loss. Sometimes we will need to fight for what is right and other times we need to keep peace. We should expect life to come with changes and throughout all of those changes, we should seek to remain grounded in the Lord.
Instead of focusing on what seems bad in life, let us recognize the God in our situations. You may feel that you have been in this season for far too long but do You see how God is building you up in the process? Do you see how you have become stronger and wiser as a result of this season? Do you see how valuable your testimony is for others who need some hope?
God has the answers you need to make it through this season. Praise Him and thank Him for what He is imparting to you now. Ask God to make it plain what you need to learn at this time so that you can move forward.
Ecclesiastes 3:11-14 (New International Version)
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. 13 That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God. 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.
