To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: — Ecclesiastes 3:1
Through the Bible: Ecclesiastes 1-6
We are hard-wired as human beings to understand seasons. If you are a sports fan, it’s baseball season. If you live in a resort community, it’s tourist season.
According to the creation account in Genesis, God made the sun, moon, and stars to mark the signs and seasons, the days and years (Gen. 1:15-16). Farmers in Solomon’s day relied on the movements of the sun and moon to know when to plow, when to plant, and when to harvest.
Our lives move in seasons as well. We understand the seasons of childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. It isn’t hard to draw parallels between these seasons of life and the seasons of spring, summer, fall and winter. Middle age is like fall, as we begin to realize there are more days behind us than there are in front of us. Senior adulthood is a lot like winter. We understand that our days are shorter, and we look forward to “springing” into eternal life when winter is over!
God gave Solomon the gift of wisdom. He was an astute observer of life at every level. Through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Solomon gave us this beloved passage of Scripture, reminding us that there is a time for everything, and that God makes all things beautiful in His time.
Father, thank You for being with me in every season of life. Help me trust you for the times I am in.
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