To Everything There Is a Season
Ecclesiastes 3:11-14 AMPC
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men’s hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to be glad and to get and do good as long as they live;
13 And also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God.
14 I know that whatever God does, it endures forever; nothing can be added to it nor anything taken from it. And God does it so that men will [reverently] fear Him [revere and worship Him, knowing that He is].
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So very many words are being spoken, shouted, and written during these first days of the year 2026! Whenever there are too many words to listen to, I withdraw from the fray, as they say, and get away with the only One Whose words are true. Please know that no matter how ugly it sounds and appears right now, God IS, and HE IS GOOD. He is moving and doing great things everywhere. If we choose to look for Him, we will find and be found by Him. If we choose to listen for His voice, we will hear and be heard by Him. His ear is not closed to our cries nor has He left us alone to "fend for ourselves."
There were many beginning of the year challenges being presented online to participate in this year. Pantry challenges for using the food stuffs we already have instead of purchasing more are always a fun start to a new year. Making January a digital free space for the reading and writing of books and letters on paper with ink provides breathing room for the growth and expansion of the soul. Fasting the internet, complaining, main stream media, social media, sugar, white processed flour, processed foods, pop, and other sugary foods benefit spirit, soul, and body. However, as good as all of those fasts and challenges are, what if we let January be what it was and begin again with a new way of living right now on this second day of the second month?
What if right here, right now, February 2, 2026, with people all around us screaming and crying untruthful, emotionally-driven words everywhere, we exercise our free wills to choose peace and quiet of the soul? What if we make a deliberate decision to say only that which benefits the hearer? What if we live the Light of the World out loud in a free expression of Truth? What if we choose with intention to spend some of our minutes and hours each day feeding on the Words of The Way, The Life, and The Truth, the Bible, instead of feeding on words that feed our own selfish appetites or fuel our own emotionally-driven replies? What if we made this season a season of Jesus, of Life, of Truth, of grace, of faith, of righteousness, of peace, of joy in the Holy Spirit? What if we did?
What if we also made our lives into a living sign held high shining the love of God brightly from within? What if we made ourselves into living testimonies of peace, patience, and love everywhere we go? What if everyone we come into contact with could see Jesus and hear Him so clearly when we interact with them that they can't help but be changed? Wouldn't a genuine, authentic smile warm the coldness? Wouldn't a kind word stick out in the best possible way with so many harsh words being shouted loud? Wouldn't going about our day doing our work with faithful diligence and honesty be a beacon in the darkness? Wouldn't excellence be a rare gift for an employer to treasure?
What if the children of God radiated confident trust in their Heavenly Father? Wouldn't the seemingly overwhelming darkness be as nothing compared to the greatness of our God entering spaces in us? Wouldn't it? How much could the darkness accomplish if the Light of the World were lived by us everywhere we went? According to John 1:5, nothing. "John 1:5 And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it]."
To Everything there is a season and a time. What if this became a season of Jesus in us the hope of glory revealed? To God be the glory great things He has done. Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Let the earth hear His voice! Let the earth and all that is in it hear His voice coming forth from out of His children. Rejoice in the Lord! Again I say, Rejoice! Children of the Most High God, Yahweh, Rejoice!
Shalom
