SEASON 7: EPISODE 3: 'TIS THE SEASON-WINTER-‘TIS THE SEASON: WINTER- PREPARATION/PROVISION/PROGRESSION/PROCLAMATION

INTRODUCTION: ‘TIS THE SEASON: WINTER-
PREPARATION/PROVISION/PROGRESSION/PROCLAMATION


SCRIPTURES: 


PSALM 1:3 (KJV)- “And he shall be like a tree planted by
the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season;
his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall
prosper.” 


PSALM 103:1-5 (NLT)- “Let all that I am praise the Lord;
with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. 2 Let
all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things
he does for me. 3 He forgives all my sins and heals all my
diseases.
 4 He redeems me from death and crowns me with love
and tender mercies.
 5 He fills my life with good things. My youth is
renewed like the eagles!
6 The Lord gives righteousness and justice to all who are
treated unfairly.


 This verse tells us that we have to be planted and rooted
so that we can produce. Look at what it says that I will produce
fruit in my season to bear fruit. God is trying to tell you that
no matter what season you are in when it’s your time, nothing can
stop what He has produced. My brothers and sisters none of us can
escape spiritual winters and we don’t know when they will come
but we can prepare for them. Notice I said them because they will
keep coming.  


This season is about us seeing God do the impossible on the
inside of us, we can’t see the roots (faith) but we are trusting
the process.  We have to do our part, Preparing and
Proclaiming, and God will do the Providing and Progressing.
Y’all, there are so many people we know who are going through
different seasons than we are, they may be in the season of
reaping, rejoicing and reproducing and we may question God about
the season we are in: why me, why now, or why this? Just remember
God knows what it will take to make your roots grow wide and deep
( he knows what it’s going to take to get you through this winter
season).  


LESSONS IN MY WINTER SEASONS:


1.     I must learn to accept and receive in the
winter season whatever God wants to do in my life. I have learned
not to hurry thru but am surrendering and appreciating what God
is doing on the inside of me. God is maturing me, I am seeing and
feeling the progress. Aren’t you?


2.     I am looking forward to the new
opportunities for God to use me and trusting God even more. He is
giving me more even when on the outside my situation may be
looking bleak and barren.


3.     My winter has been about talking to God
about my future, and His desires for me (my dreams, my weakness,
my failures, my sins, my heartaches) I’m letting Him cultivate
them the way they should be so I am ready for my next winter
season.


4.     I realized that my dormancy has been
necessary for growth and my future fruit (it is the type of rest
that winter forces on you) It has to happen before I have fruit
that will last. I am learning to ask and use wisdom in my winter
and just invite it in as a guest (it comes unexpectedly but it
doesn't stay forever).


5.     My winter season has been so much better
since I walk and not run in it, I am realizing that God is truly
more than enough and He is always with me and gives me exactly
what I need. 


6.     I am learning that if I use this season
wisely, resting, sharpen my tools (faith), changing my diet, and
bad habits. It has not been difficult, out of control, or a
hopeless situation. I have been reflecting on what God has
brought me through and His faithfulness in my past winters and I
can be assured that He will continue to walk with me. 


Please continue to listen every 1st Thursday of the month to
TOUCHED BY MERCY & LIVING ON GRACE PODCAST.


Remember my sisters and brothers, it takes GRACE TO MAKE
IT!


Remember my sisters and brothers, it takes GRACE TO MAKE
IT!