A Season For Every Activity

Under The Heavens

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

What do workers gain from their toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-11

Today is the first day of spring. But for others it is the first day of autumn.

Today the sun shines directly on the equator, and the hours of daylight and nighttime are nearly equal around the world.

New seasons are important for many people. Some count the day because of what they hope the new season will bring.

We also go through seasons that don’t have too much to do with the weather. The author of Ecclesiastes told us there is a season for every activity under the sun – a time appointed by God during which we live our lives.

Moses spoke of a new season in his life after he led the people of Israel through the wilderness, and he had to give up his leadership role to Joshua. Paul also faced a lonely season while he was under house arrest in Rome – asking for visitors but realizing that God was “at my side.”

Regardless of the season of life, let’s give thanks to God for His greatness, His help, and His companionship.

Every season brings a reason to rejoice.

Our Daily Bread – March 20, 2018