Seasons of Life

Seasons of Life – Dr. David Jeremiah

He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.
Psalm 1:3

Recommended Reading Acts 1:6-7

Moses was a busy man for the first season of his life. But for the second season, he had to flee for his life to Midian where he worked as a shepherd for 40 years. Moses could have been excused for believing that his usefulness to God was over. It had been four decades since he had heard from the Lord. Then, at age 80, God called Moses back into service for another 40 years. Moses' life is an example of the biblical principle that the seasons of life pass according to God’s perfect timetable.

In the Bible, the word "season" refers to the passage of time (Genesis 1:14) and the agricultural cycle-planting, harvesting, and resting (Leviticus 26:4). Though the ancients knew nothing of the revolution of the earth around the sun and the tilt of the earth's axis that cause seasons, they knew that seasons were always coming and going. And they knew they could be neither slowed down nor speeded up. They knew that seasons were in the hand of God.

Our life has its seasons just as the earth does. As God gave Moses a time of rest between times of service, so He orders the seasons of our lives as well.

The man who lives in God is never out of season.
Vance Havner