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Seasons
of Time
Throughout
the annals of time, seasons have come
and gone — some bad, some good. No
matter what season we may find ourselves
in, God has a purpose to be fulfilled.
As born-again, Spirit-filled Christians,
we have all been called according to
God’s purposes, as Paul reminded young
Timothy.
2 Timothy
1:9 Who has saved and called us with a
holy calling, not according to our
works, but according to His own purpose
and grace, which was given to us in
Christ Jesus before time began.
Just as King
David was quoted in Scripture as serving
the purpose of God for his generation,
God has also called us to serve our
generation. Therefore, we should
contemplate how we should respond to
doing it. Just as the sons of Issachar
understood their times and knew what the
nation Israel was to do or how they were
to respond to their particular season,
so should we.
Do we know
the nature of the season we are in and
how we are to respond to it? Jesus
rebuked the Pharisees of His day when He
said, “You know how to discern the face
of the sky, but you cannot discern the
signs of your time.” Let this not be
said of us. As Paul preached, God
expects us to be wise and discerning of
our living times. We are to walk
circumspectly in the wisdom God has
imparted into our spirits.
Ephesians
5:15-17 See then that you walk
circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,
16 redeeming the time because the days
are evil. 17 Therefore do not be unwise
but understand what the will of the Lord
is.
We have just
come through a season where we
experienced a worldwide pandemic known
as COVID19. If anything, this pandemic
opened our eyes to the stark reality
that we are in a troubling season. It is
a time to give thoughtful consideration
to all that is going on in light of what
God’s word says about the end time
environment. Do we know what time it is?
We could very well be in the season the
writer of the Book of Hebrews spoke of
when he referred to the shaking that is
to come before Christ’s return.
Hebrews
12:26-29 whose voice then shook the
earth; but now He has promised, saying,
“Yet once more I shake not only the
earth but also heaven.” 27 Now this,
“Yet once more,” indicates the removal
of those things that are being shaken,
as of things that are made, that the
things which cannot be shaken may
remain. 28 Therefore, since we are
receiving a kingdom which cannot be
shaken, let us have grace, by which we
may serve God acceptably with reverence
and godly fear. 29 For our God is a
consuming fire.
The pandemic
shook every aspect of our lives and
cultures. It has changed the way we
live. God looks down from the heavens
above to spot those who understand their
times in seasons like this. He looks for
those seeking Him, who desire to respond
to all that’s going on in our world.
Amid the turmoil, Jesus is building a
Church with His anointed ones to
withstand the pressure of these times.
He is creating a place of refuge—a
strong tower for all of His righteous
ones to run into and be safe.
God is
looking for those willing to partner
with Him as Jesus builds a Church in
which the authority of Hell has no
power. He plans to remove all that was
made according to poorly devised plans
through a false self-centered gospel
that seeks to appease rather than
challenge. Now is the time to rise and
build according to the pattern or
blueprint shown in Scripture. Paul, the
wise master builder, said there is no
other foundation than Jesus laid. He
said we are to be careful how we build
upon it.
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