Ecclesiastes 3:1,11-14; Psalms 1:1-3; Habakkuk 2:3

Spiritual Seasons

• Segments of time in a person’s life

established by God, allowing us to discern,

to know and prepare for the moves of God

in our lives, the lives of others and in the

earth.

• 21 He controls the times and the seasons; he makes and unmakes kings; it is he who gives wisdom and understanding. He reveals things that are deep and secret; he knows what is hidden in darkness, and he himself is surrounded by light. Daniel 2:21-22 (TEV)

1 Everything that happens in this world happens at the time God

chooses. 11 He has set the right time for everything. He has given

us a desire to know the future, but never gives us the satisfaction

of fully understanding what he does. 12 So I realized that all we can

do is be happy and do the best we can while we are still alive. 13 All

of us should eat and drink and enjoy what we have worked for. It is

God's gift. 14 I know that everything God does will last forever. You

can't add anything to it or take anything away from it. And one

thing God does is to make us stand in awe of him. Ecclesiastes 3:1,

11-14

• Responding to The Present Season Respond to the present season by making adjustments

– Adjust your attitude Php 4:4

– Adjust your thinking 1Pet 4:12-13

– Adjust your Behavior Psalm 1:1-3

• Preparing for The Coming Season

A.PREPARATION: Preparation shows God you

are “Anticipating” the next season he has

prepared for you.

- Anticipate: to foresee and act in advance;

Expect

• Preparing for The Coming Season

A.Examples of Preparation

1.Noah/The Ark - Gen 6:13-22

2.David/The Temple - 1Chron 22:5

3.Peter/Pentecost - Acts 1:15-26

• Preparing for The Coming Season

• The lazy person does not plow in season;

harvest comes, and there is nothing to be

found. Prov 4:20 (NRSV)

• A wise man thinks ahead; a fool doesn’t and

even brags about it! Prov 13:16 (TLB)

• Seasons contain Time appointments by God

• 3 And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying,

‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’ 14 Is anything too

hard for the Lord? At the appointed time (mo’ed/Kairos) I will

return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall

have a son.” Ge 18:13–14

• Kairos first means “decisive point in time,” but with more

stress on Divine Appointment. The reference to Kairos then, is

to God’s time

• Seasons contain Time appointments by God

• And the Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time (Kairos) of which God had spoken to him Ge 21:1–2.