Appointed seasons!
Titus 1:3 "And at his appointed season he brought his word to light through preaching entrusted to me by the commandment of God our Savior."
When life stinks and gets us down where do we turn? Do we find ourselves getting down and ready to give up, thinking that no one cares? If you are like me, I know that you have found yourselves in that predicament. Life has often brought us all to the breaking point. Ready to give up on all that we have gained through Christ. We feel as though we are invincible at times, but when faced with trials, we find ourselves on the breaking point. We feel as though we make no difference to anyone whatsoever, when just the day before we felt invincible. We feel like the hymnist wrote saying “prone to leave the Lord above, prone to leave the God I love.” How oft I have felt this way, ready to put down everything to do with Christ and walk away, and return to my old life. Then God reveals a scripture to me, or has someone speak just the right words to me at the perfect and appointed time. Then my soul cries out: “Here is my heart Lord take and seal it, seal it to thy courts above.” Finding myself being drawn back to Christ by his great love with which he loves me and gave his life. During the dry seasons, we must be in constant remembrance that it is our own self that is wavering, Christ remains the same. So we must keep our minds attentive to God’s holy word, which too, is unchanging. That is able to bring us up from sinking sand, planting us on the solid rock in Christ, producing in us the fruits of joy and peace, but only in an appointed time that God has chosen. It will be during those times, Christ will be the sweetest. Remember Christ has appointed times when he will be real to us, and we must keep that in mind while we are struggling through the hard times.
Ecc 3:1 "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven"
When life stinks and gets us down where do we turn? Do we find ourselves getting down and ready to give up, thinking that no one cares? If you are like me, I know that you have found yourselves in that predicament. Life has often brought us all to the breaking point. Ready to give up on all that we have gained through Christ. We feel as though we are invincible at times, but when faced with trials, we find ourselves on the breaking point. We feel as though we make no difference to anyone whatsoever, when just the day before we felt invincible. We feel like the hymnist wrote saying “prone to leave the Lord above, prone to leave the God I love.” How oft I have felt this way, ready to put down everything to do with Christ and walk away, and return to my old life. Then God reveals a scripture to me, or has someone speak just the right words to me at the perfect and appointed time. Then my soul cries out: “Here is my heart Lord take and seal it, seal it to thy courts above.” Finding myself being drawn back to Christ by his great love with which he loves me and gave his life. During the dry seasons, we must be in constant remembrance that it is our own self that is wavering, Christ remains the same. So we must keep our minds attentive to God’s holy word, which too, is unchanging. That is able to bring us up from sinking sand, planting us on the solid rock in Christ, producing in us the fruits of joy and peace, but only in an appointed time that God has chosen. It will be during those times, Christ will be the sweetest. Remember Christ has appointed times when he will be real to us, and we must keep that in mind while we are struggling through the hard times.
Ecc 3:1 "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven"
posted by James | 11:41 AM
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This devotion is sweet water to a thirsty soul. Keep them coming.
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