Four Seasons

"Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious by this summer sun of York"

                                                                                 William Shakespeare; Richard III

I was thinking of ;

Earlier this week and also new creation and rebirth these all have something to do with seasons.

The harvest is ready and white in the heat of summer, so farmers are busy in the summer anxious to gather in their hard earned rewards to the safety of the silo.

The verse here speaks of this season of reaping, it must be summer, spiritual summer. 

If there be a summer then there must be other seasons spring is the rebirth of the earth, awakening from the 'death' of winter. Summer is the season of prime,the peak of the suns radiance and autumn must be a season of waning, the leaves 'fall' and fertilize the soil with there nutrients gained 

John 4:34-36

King James Version (KJV)

34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

Occupy your God given place.

Prov 16:9 We make our own plans, but the Lord decides where we will go.

I used to think it was queer saying things like 'God lead me to come here', because I was stuck in the first half of this verse. I was good at making wonderful plans in my head with me at the center of ever grander schemes to gain wealth and prosperity and the acknowledgement of my fellow men.

I was locked into a single minded pursuit of my goals all of which required some assistance from others but I increasing found that others had goals of their own which didn't often coincide with mine.

I was in the habit of putting these discoveries down to a minor set backs waiting only for a creative way around to be found. They lacked the vision I thought. If  only others would recognize the gift of vision God had given me then we could all work together diligently at 100% effort to accomplish 'God's will'.

As new believers we take our first baby steps towards making God the Lord of our lives, well actually that is more of a quantum leap but in the context here it is only the beginning of a long journey. Growing up in a christian family you get used to hearing often repeated words about the sovreignity of God and you know that he is in control of all things,

                                                    'Hes got the whole world in His Hands'.

The understanding of which sometimes passes us by until by and by Gods switches on the light and we can see the truth layed out before us.

When we finally see the reality of the situation and begin to understand who God really is and how powerful and wonderful are His ways we are simultaneously made aware of how silly it to 'play god' and attempt to rule our own lives. When we see how strong God is we also realize how weak we are and turly dependent on Him in all things.