A TIME FOR EVERYTHING
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1
There is an appropriate time for everything, the unpleasant as well as pleasant experiences. This is not merely a description of what happens in life; it is a description of what God sends. God loves you and has a wonderful plan for you. He expects you to have joy, but His program to bring it about includes all the opposites.
The things that happen to us – both good and bad – are a list of what God thinks we ought to have. Nevertheless, we are convinced that they all work to prosper us for the Bible says in Romans 8:28, “…all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” God ensures that there is time for everything and season for every purpose.
This is God’s wonderful plan for your life. Unfortunately, it is not your plan for your life. If you were given the right to plan your life you would include no unpleasantness, but that would destroy you. God knows that people who are protected from everything often end up becoming impossible to live with; they are selfish, cruel, shallow and unprincipled. God takes us through life to teach us. Understand that there is a time for everything and after the challenging times comes the season of victories!
Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for all the experiences of life that you have planned for me, so that I might be conformed to the image of your son. I thank you that all things are working together for my good. Please teach to trust more in you in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Reference: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, 17; Ecclesiastes 8:6
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