Ecclesiastes 3:1 “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”
One of the secrets to life is to know the times and seasons God has put into His hands. Jesus said in Luke 19:44 you did not know the hour (the season) of your visitation. There are also these verses in Isaiah 49:8 “…In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee” and Isaiah 61:2 “…To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD”. Just as these seasons were to the nation of Israel, there too are seasons in one's life; these seasons are based upon Gods calendar. Happy are we when we flow with His calendar.
2 “A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;”
Contained within this one verse from this backsliden king is the secret to holiness and living a holy life:
A Time To Be Born - This speaks of three distinct events one should pass through:
- Earthly birth, being born physically.
- Spiritual birth, being born again of the Spirit of God.
- Being awakened to the deeper things of God, the trumpet sounds in our life and we are compelled to break away from the shore and go on in God
A Time To Die - to dear desire and self will. Death should be applied to the old man and the old nature; this is the spirit of Romans 6:6; Gal 2:20. Col 3:5 - these verses speak of mortification; a process of putting the old man to death.
A Time To Plant - the fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness and temperance
A Time To Pluck Up That Which Is Planted - the works of the flesh are Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings
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