It never ceases to amaze me how we often have to see things die before new life can appear, even in Australia there are new shoots coming up where the fires have burnt away everything in their path. There are seasons for us like this and sometimes things in our lives like jobs, things we’ve always done, habits we’ve acquired and many other things that can cause us to be stunted in our growth, need to die before we can move on and find freedom and sometimes a new purpose for living.
I’ve found in my life there have been times when I’ve had to change the way I do things, stop doing something or even let things go that have served their purpose, and only when I’ve changed or let go can a new chapter of my life begin. Knowing Jesus has been a real help for me in being able to let go of things, especially those things that weren’t good for me, because He has given me New Life through His blood that He shed on the cross, so in effect I have died to my old self and have been re-born into a new and living way, the moment I surrendered to Him I started a fresh new season of my life that changed me forever. The bible says in 2 Corinthians 5: 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
Each season brings with it a change or transformation from what it was to what is to come, be it Spring, Summer, Winter or Autumn and the same is true of our lives, but the trick is to be ready for the change, to embrace it and grow into what the future holds.
For the Christian we may not know what the future holds, but we do know Who holds the future and can fully trust Him for every step of it. Jeremiah 29:11 ‘‘For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’’
There may be a change going on in your life at the moment that is either like the Spring and is bringing something new and exciting, like the summer that is bringing a ray of sunshine in to your life, like the Autumn that is seeing something fading away or needs to be let go of, or maybe it’s like the Winter and you’re feeling sad and lonely with dark times ahead of you. Whatever the season is in your life right now know that Jesus is just a prayer away and knows exactly how you are feeling.
His Word says in John Ch 16 v 33 ''In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.'' Through Him, you too can be an overcomer.
God has written the Story of your life in His book, and all you need to do is trust Him to walk you through each chapter of it.
I want to encourage you to seek His face daily, to know that if He is your Saviour then you have all you need to overcome anything this world throws at you. You have His anointing on you, His seal of ownership on you and His Spirit in you guaranteeing your future, 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. You are His and He will Never Leave you or forsake you. You are a child of GOD, John 1:12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
So be strong and whatever season you are in let the Gardener prune you, nurture you and make you the best that you can be, so that you will blossom in His presence and bring Him the honour and the glory He deserves. In James 1:17-18 it says, Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18 He chose to give us birth through the Word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all He created.
Let Him take us and mould us and make us the best that we can be, taking the old wine skin that is our human nature and making us into a new wine skin, filing us to overflowing with His new wine.
May God bless you always.
Author: Kevin Hunt
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