Shifting into a New Season
Shift- To change the position of..
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
In order for this “shift” or change to happen, we must allow God to transform us personally and spiritually. Understand what I mean when I say “New Season”, a lot of times when people talk about new seasons, they just talk about good things happening in your life, people seeing it and rejoicing (sometime even become jealous of you) blah blah blah. New seasons aren’t always pleasant! They don’t always leave us feeling refreshed and recharged, sometimes we’re in a season so long that we think we will never get out of it alive because we’ve been beaten down and broken for so long! I know I’ve had my share of feeling that way in many levels of my seasons! I’m like “OK God.. I get it, You want me to learn… but how much more learning can I possibly learn… I’M TIRED!!!! GET ME OUTTA HERE!!!!”
The wilderness season, what I think is the hardest one! This is where God begins to “prune” and refine you; He begins to remove dead things from your life, remove things and people that don’t serve His purpose for your life, deliver you from past behaviors, sins, and bondage. This is a very painful season because those things God is removing from us was part of you! Things you have been so use to doing, acting, and feeling a certain way not realizing that those are the things that keep us away from God. This is also the hardest because you are forced to basically look at the parts of you, you despise so much! The parts of you, you see in others and you immediately can’t stand them!
The season of preparation is another season many shift into during this time, after you have passed the wilderness season (which may take some years depending how spiritually inclined you become during that time). In The preparation season God begins to prepare you for your new season. He fills you with The Holy Spirit, He gears you up with His Armor so when trials and tribulations come you are equipped to fight (Ephesians 6:11-18 describes the whole armor… Helmet of Salvation, Breastplate of Righteousness, Belt of Truth, Sword of The Spirit, Shield of Faith, Sandals of Peace) I won’t go too deep into that right now.
And Now for the season everyone talks about… The season of exposure! This is the season everyone sees God’s marvelous work in your life. The season we all pray to get to one day! The season that those who mocked you, those who were moved out of your life, those who don’t know God will come rejoice and celebrate with you and ask you what God you serve. The season that those you were once close with will either be happy for you or become jealous of you!!! I know you know this season!
Just like seasons go from fall to winter, winter to spring, spring to summer and so on… Our seasons change as well, so just because you are in the wilderness season now doesn’t mean you’ll stay there. As you grow in Christ your levels begin to change, you become more mature and He takes you to greater heights. The next level comes with a new level of wilderness , newer preparation, and newer exposure…. so DON’T GET COMFORTABLE! Always be ready for change!
