I browsed my posted notes in my Facebook account and I stumbled upon this note that I wrote last Oct. 2011. It's like God is reminding me again that-- He. Works. In. Seasons. His Word is timeless, so I think of posting it again here in my blog. :) Enjoy!
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God once again reminded me that He works in seasons. When we know that He works in seasons, we should understand that He had set a time for everything. One thing to determine if a person is organized or not, see if he/she keeps a planner. This could mean that the person wants to keep his/her time on track & that he/she wants to be efficient with it. God is the God of order, if He is not then we are really in big trouble. Therefore we should be thankful that He works in seasons in our lives. Just like what Ecclesiastes 3:1 says... There is a time for everything.
There's a right time, or season for everything. But there's a right way too to do things when God placed you in the right time.
Okeeeyyy... At first I can't understand a thing from this passage but I believe God is saying something to me in this. And thank God for Your revelation! ;)
THERE'S A RIGHT SEASON FOR EVERY WORK. A farmer have a list of work to do in his field & these must be done accordingly. He have to plow the soil first & then sow the seeds. When harvest comes he will reap what he sown then thresh & grind the seeds & the grains. MEANING! He will not plow the soil forever, time will come that he must sow the seeds. He will not forever wait for the harvest, soon harvest will come. For us this means that we will have to move forward eventually. The things we are doing to today, maybe some of them we need not to do tomorrow. God may have put you in Kids Church today, then maybe someday He will put you to campus ministry or to world missions. Maybe today He's telling you to wait, but your waiting will not be forever. Maybe He's telling you to be still, but someday He will tell you to move.
THERE'S A RIGHT WAY TO DO THINGS. Checking the dictionary, caraway and cummin are plants with seeds usually used as spices while wheat, barley and spelt are cereal plants with grains. They are cultivated & harvested differently from each other. If there is a time for everything, there is also a way to do things in those seasons! When you know that this is the season for "this", you just don't do things the way you wanted it to be. Otherwise it will be also disorganized! God will instruct & teach us how to do it. Example, when God called you to be a missionary, you don't just grab the situation on your own hands and not ask Him for counsel. If your season being a student has ended, you seek God on how will you spend your season being a young professional. Wherever He put you & whatever task He assigned for you to do, always ask for His wisdom & guidance through the Holy Spirit, so you may know how to do things right in the right season. :)
THERE'S A RESULT IN EVERY WORK. Caraway and cummin seeds are used as spices for food. Wheat, barley and spelt are used for breads. Whatever you do today, it will take effect tomorrow. Imagine if the farmer didn't plow the soil very well, the effect will be seen in the plant. If he didn't wait for the right harvest time, the effect will be seen in the seeds. So then he will have poor spices and bread for his meal. Imagine missing out God's best just because you are too in a hurry to wait and you thought you are too wise to ask God for guidance.
So therefore, wherever God had put you today or whatever season you're in, give your best into it! Because God have His reasons why He put you there and soon He will tell you to move forward into your next season. :)
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God once again reminded me that He works in seasons. When we know that He works in seasons, we should understand that He had set a time for everything. One thing to determine if a person is organized or not, see if he/she keeps a planner. This could mean that the person wants to keep his/her time on track & that he/she wants to be efficient with it. God is the God of order, if He is not then we are really in big trouble. Therefore we should be thankful that He works in seasons in our lives. Just like what Ecclesiastes 3:1 says... There is a time for everything.
There's a right time, or season for everything. But there's a right way too to do things when God placed you in the right time.
Isaiah 28:23-29
vv. 23-24 Listen & hear my voice; pay attention & hear what I say. When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up & harrowing the soil?
vv. 25-26 When he has leveled the surface, does he not sow caraway & scatter cummin? Does he not plant wheat in its place, barley in its plot, & spelt in its field? His God instructs him & teaches him the right way.
vv. 27-28 Caraway is not threshed with a sledge, nor is a cartwheel rolled over cummin; caraway is beaten out with a rod, & cummin with a stick. Grain must be ground to make bread; so no one does not go on threshing it forever. Though he drives the wheels of his threshing cart over it, his horses do not grind it.
v. 29 All this also comes from the Lord Almighty, wonderful in counsel & magnificent in wisdom.
Okeeeyyy... At first I can't understand a thing from this passage but I believe God is saying something to me in this. And thank God for Your revelation! ;)
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THERE'S A RIGHT SEASON FOR EVERY WORK. A farmer have a list of work to do in his field & these must be done accordingly. He have to plow the soil first & then sow the seeds. When harvest comes he will reap what he sown then thresh & grind the seeds & the grains. MEANING! He will not plow the soil forever, time will come that he must sow the seeds. He will not forever wait for the harvest, soon harvest will come. For us this means that we will have to move forward eventually. The things we are doing to today, maybe some of them we need not to do tomorrow. God may have put you in Kids Church today, then maybe someday He will put you to campus ministry or to world missions. Maybe today He's telling you to wait, but your waiting will not be forever. Maybe He's telling you to be still, but someday He will tell you to move.
THERE'S A RIGHT WAY TO DO THINGS. Checking the dictionary, caraway and cummin are plants with seeds usually used as spices while wheat, barley and spelt are cereal plants with grains. They are cultivated & harvested differently from each other. If there is a time for everything, there is also a way to do things in those seasons! When you know that this is the season for "this", you just don't do things the way you wanted it to be. Otherwise it will be also disorganized! God will instruct & teach us how to do it. Example, when God called you to be a missionary, you don't just grab the situation on your own hands and not ask Him for counsel. If your season being a student has ended, you seek God on how will you spend your season being a young professional. Wherever He put you & whatever task He assigned for you to do, always ask for His wisdom & guidance through the Holy Spirit, so you may know how to do things right in the right season. :)
THERE'S A RESULT IN EVERY WORK. Caraway and cummin seeds are used as spices for food. Wheat, barley and spelt are used for breads. Whatever you do today, it will take effect tomorrow. Imagine if the farmer didn't plow the soil very well, the effect will be seen in the plant. If he didn't wait for the right harvest time, the effect will be seen in the seeds. So then he will have poor spices and bread for his meal. Imagine missing out God's best just because you are too in a hurry to wait and you thought you are too wise to ask God for guidance.
So therefore, wherever God had put you today or whatever season you're in, give your best into it! Because God have His reasons why He put you there and soon He will tell you to move forward into your next season. :)
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