"MONDAY'S MEAT: STAY IN YOUR SEASON!"

James 1:4 , “Don’t try to get out of anything prematurely.”                  

“To every thing there is a season” (Ecclesiastes 3:1).   

So no matter how hard you pray, You Can’t Pray Your Life’s Seasons Away! Truth is, there are some situations you aren’t meant to change—You’re Just Meant to ENDURE!

                 

 “Take [with me] your share of the hardships and suffering [Which You Are Called to ENDURE] as a good (first-class) solider of Christ Jesus.” (2 Timothy 2:3 AMP)

                  

Paul puts it like this, “For Our Light, Momentary Affliction (This Slight Distress of the Passing Hour) is ever more...Abundantly Preparing and Producing and Achieving For Us an Everlasting Weight of Glory [Beyond All Measure, Excessively Surpassing All Comparisons and All Calculations, a Vast and Transcendent Glory and Blessedness Never to Cease.” (2 Corinthians 4:17 AMP). 

In other words, what you are CURRENTLY dealing with in the Natural is considered by the Spirit “...Our Light, Momentary Affliction…” Therefore, you’re not going to deal with it Always, But You Have to Deal With It Right Now!  

So keep in mind, When You Can’t Alter Your Circumstances, That Means They Are a Perfect Fit For Where You Are and Where You’re Going. So Stop Trying to Change Your Circumstantial Clothing! They are only for a season, and when it’s time to change, the One who birthed all the seasons will change it! “Don’t try to get out of anything prematurely.”

 

In Winter, trees take advantage of the season to rebuild their strength and prepare to be fruitful next season. Their sap and substance goes underground. Then in the Spring it pushes its way back up again in the form of New Growth! 

Looking back over your life you’ll find that your achievements are Seasonal! 

Growth comes, then struggle, and vice versa. Each Season Has Its Own Purpose. Furthermore, God has a reason for not allowing you to be productive...All the Time! So, when He permits Winter winds to blow through your life, just remember, He’s preparing you for the coming Spring! 

That’s why James wrote, “Consider it a ...gift...when tests and challenges come at you from all sides...under pressure, your faith...is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So Don’t Try to Get Out of Anything Prematurely. Let It Do Its Work So You Become Mature and Well-Developed, Not Deficient In  Any Way.” (MSG). 

One of the issues you’ll struggle with in a waiting period is the urge to Hurry, Because Your Flesh Always Wants to Make Permanent Decisions Based On Temporary Circumstances! DON’T DO IT!  

Every Situation Doesn’t Call For Immediate Action!  

The Only Biblical Way For You to Become Mature, Well-Developed and Lacking Nothing Is To ENDURE Hardship! 

So if you try to find a short-cut to getting out of your trials, just know, You’ll Have to Take a Longer Journey to Get to Your Destiny! And hasn't your road already been long and rough enough without adding to it unnecessary detours?!

Someone said that, patience is the quality you admire in the driver behind, but not the guy in front!  

But God Is a God of Order; He Ordains Specific Times For Bringing Specific Purposes to Pass! “This vision...is a witness pointing to what’s coming. It aches for the coming—it can hardly wait! And it doesn’t lie. If it seems slow in coming, wait. It’s on its way. It Will Come Right On Time.” (Habakkuk 2:3 MSG) 

It doesn’t pay to try and get ahead of God, so, “Wait… hope…and expect the Lord...be brave...of good courage and let your heart be...ENDURING…Yes, wait...” (Psalm 27:14 AMP)  

Certain things can’t be accomplished “by might, nor by power.” So how are they accomplished? “By My Spirit, saith the LORD.”

 

David understood that’s why he said, “My times are in Your Hands...” (Psalm 31:15).  

Once you understand that, you’ll stop fretting and worrying knowing withCertainty that people and problems can’t short circuit God’s plan for your life! 

“...I know what I am planning for you, “says the LORD. “I have good plans for you...I will give you hope and a good future.” (Jeremiah 29:11 NCV)  

If you can acknowledge that, you’ll find peace—and stop trying to “make things happen.” 

Understand this: When God  drops a seed into your life, it needs TIME to take root and grow! And you don’t have to be concerned with the outcome of it either, because when it’s planted in a fertile, faith-filled heart, the results are guaranteed! 

The hard part is knowing that you’re on the verge of a breakthrough, then having God tell you to wait! 

But it’s times like these, when you think He’s forgotten about you and the promises He made to you, that your patience really gets a workout! 

It’s in moments like these when your heart begins to faint and your faith begins to waver... 

But take some advice from David, he said: “I waited patiently for the Lord...and...He...set my feet on solid ground and [gave] me...a hymn of praise.” (Psalm 40:1-3).  

When you honor God’s Timing, you Always land on solid ground, and end up with a fresh reason to praise Him! 

Saints, it’s not enough to wait, you have to wait the right way, which is...PATIENTLY AND IN PRAISE, as the Psalmist admonishes us!

 

So, when you know you’ve received a mandate from God, but He puts you on hold, stay on the line till He gets back to you! It’ll be worth the wait!

 Stay In Your Season...Patiently and In Praise...Wait...For In Due Time Your Season Will Change!

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