Today’s Community Scripture – 4/4/2025

There’s an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth:
A right time for birth and another for death, A right time to plant and another to reap, A right time to kill and another to heal, A right time to destroy and another to construct, A right time to cry and another to laugh, A right time to lament and another to cheer, A right time to make love and another to abstain, A right time to embrace and another to part, A right time to search and another to count your losses, A right time to hold on and another to let go, A right time to rip out and another to mend, A right time to shut up and another to speak up, A right time to love and another to hate, A right time to wage war and another to make peace.

                          Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 (MSG)

Key Verse – There’s an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth. Ecclesiastes 3:1 (MSG)

– Reflection:

               There’s A Right Time For Everything

While it’s crucial to hold onto our dreams and maintain our faith, we must acknowledge that God governs the seasons of our lives and the paths we take. At times, you might experience a fruitful fall harvest, reaping rewards for your faithfulness, basking in warm relationships, and thriving in your career. However, the season can shift, bringing you into winter. What was once thriving may falter. A relationship may cool, and you might feel trapped in your job.

– Where do we go from here?

If you’re stubborn, you try to force things back to the way they used to be, which only leads to frustration. Be open to what God is doing. Some of the things we worry about, lose sleep over, and try to make work out are simply the hand of God changing the season. We don’t realize He is moving people out, making us uncomfortable, and pushing us into our purpose. He’s saying, “You had a good season; you enjoyed it, but to see the new things I have in store, that season is finished. Trust me with your new season.”

– Our Prayer For Today

Father, thank You for changing the times and seasons of my life, knowing what is best for me. Thank You for always working behind the scenes on my behalf. Help me to remain open to what You’re doing and not get stuck in the past season. In Jesus’ name, Amen.