God Is Always There
by Jennifer Mahone
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
The seasons of life come in the right time. They may not come when we want them to but they are always right on time; Gods timing. Everything happens in the proper seasons, but if we are not aware of the current season of our life we may find things to be in chaos or an uproar of events that can in time cause panic and delay of our purpose. What happens when we don’t know the season of our life that we are in? How can we understand when a shifting takes place in our life? What do we do when something unexpected happens and our life is turned upside down? Was the sudden tragedy part of the plan? Was there any possible way to be prepared for the worst? Gods word say that “For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.”
Isaiah 55:8-9 explains it like this: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says The Lord. For as the heavens are higher than earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
So the seasons of both yours and my life have been predestined with a purpose; Gods Purpose for us each indiviually. I do not have the same purpose as you, neither you as I, but we both have a purpose and it shall be fulfilled. I said it before in another post and I’ll say it again, things that happen in our life happen for a reason and those things which others may see as an obstacle or a disaster, I can only choose to see as an opportunity to take the worst and allow it to build strength and endurance to persevere through anything.
The Lord had already placed Ecclesiastes 3 on my heart to share with you on yesterday, but as I was preparing dinner with my family tonight I decided to play some worship. There was a song I had heard before by Christian Artist Mandisa and as I was searching for that song I came across another of her songs that I knew immediately I had to share with you. I had never heard this particular song of hers and it spoke exactly of what God had already placed on my heart to share. Please take a moment to listen to it:
He Is With You – By Mandisa
Struggles will come and life may seem unbearable at times by we must never forget that God is always with us. He sees our hurt and pain. But I also know that He will never give us more than we can handle. Seasons come and go, We walk out of one season and transition into another and the most important part of the seasons changing is the “transition”. The transition means we made it out of whatever struggle we may have had to endure and we overcame with Gods strength and crossed over into a new season of our life.
Psalm 30:5 says “For His anger lasts only a moment, but His favor lasts a lifetime! Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning.”
We will make it through! When the storms of life come and try to shake us up, we must realize that even though the storm may get worse before it gets better and life feels like a hurricane, guess what?
You’re still here. You survived and are still surviving, and after a storm it takes time to put the pieces back together. Some things get lost in the storm and others are found. Some things are rebuilt and others are left in ruin. But life goes on and you heal inside and out. And some of the greatest treasures of your life can be found in the rubble and disaster that a storm has left you. Treasures you may have never even realized or remembered were there.
No matter what you have been through, are going through or may go through in life…He Is With You!
Even when we can’t see or feel Him, God is always there! In our moments of hurt and frustration, in anger or despair, we may walk away form God, but He will never walk away from us. In every season run to Him…He Is With You!
Be Blessed!
Jennifer
