Devotion of the Week
From My Heart:
The God Who Knows Our Seasons Before We Do
My fall decorations went up in August. OK, late August. I couldn't help myself.
My heart lives in a perpetual state of fall, even though it has to hibernate for a little bit to get me through the spring pollen and the July/August heat. I’m there in my head before the leaves get the memo. While air conditioners are still running full blast, I'm lighting pumpkin spice or apple scented candles and pretending the 90-degree heat doesn't exist. And you better believe the windows open on the first cool morning. Even if it means closing them by noon to turn the A/C back on.
So it is that we’ve all experienced seasons in life when we think “is this season changing soon? I don’t think I can do another day of this.” Or we might even be in a hibernation state with our relationship with God. We know it’s there, but we let it rest while we try to hold everything together. But one day, the temp drops below 90, there’s a little breeze in the air, the kids are back in school, and it hits you. The season is changing and your heart shifts too.
Sometimes I wonder if the restlessness we feel, the sense that change is in the air, the longing for something different—maybe that's God preparing our hearts for a refresh with Him.
There's a time for every season under heaven, and we can neither rush it nor avoid it.
Our job is to embrace it. To embrace our faith. To embrace the season we're actually in, no matter what candle we’re burning.
Your heart might be ahead of your season, or your season might be ahead of your heart. Either way, you're exactly where God has you for this moment. Keep praying, hold on to faith, knowing God has already filled in the calendar.
