Changing Seasons
Every August brings a change of season. School begins again, the weather starts to hint at cooler days, and life settles into a familiar rhythm that feels a bit more normal. This time of year often carries a sense of hope as we look forward to fall and even long for the season to come. Yet it can also bring a sense of sadness as summer gives way to longer, colder nights. In times of change, there is a danger that we lose our focus and even forget the Lord. Any change—whether big or small, even something as simple as one season giving way to the next—can bring both dangers and pitfalls.
One of the saddest examples of a changing season is found in the book of Judges. The last verse of the book sums it up well: “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (Judges 21:25). This verse reveals a change among the people of the Lord—a shift from the people who, under Joshua, dedicated themselves and their households to the Lord, to people who began doing what was right in their own eyes and forgot the Lord. We, too, face this same danger: taking our eyes off the Lord and trying to do things our own way without Him. Losing sight of the Lord is one danger and pitfall of change, but there is also an opportunity.
As we prepare for this changing season, we have a chance to remember the Lord and turn our eyes toward Him. In both the big and small changes we face, we can do as the psalmist says in Psalm 77:11: “I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your wonders of old.” We can remember. We can take a moment to look back on our lives and see what the Lord has done—the deeds He has done in and through us. Looking back gives us the opportunity to see where we have been and reminds us to look to the Lord as we face the changing seasons of our lives.
What are the deeds of the Lord in your life?
One of the saddest examples of a changing season is found in the book of Judges. The last verse of the book sums it up well: “In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (Judges 21:25). This verse reveals a change among the people of the Lord—a shift from the people who, under Joshua, dedicated themselves and their households to the Lord, to people who began doing what was right in their own eyes and forgot the Lord. We, too, face this same danger: taking our eyes off the Lord and trying to do things our own way without Him. Losing sight of the Lord is one danger and pitfall of change, but there is also an opportunity.
As we prepare for this changing season, we have a chance to remember the Lord and turn our eyes toward Him. In both the big and small changes we face, we can do as the psalmist says in Psalm 77:11: “I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your wonders of old.” We can remember. We can take a moment to look back on our lives and see what the Lord has done—the deeds He has done in and through us. Looking back gives us the opportunity to see where we have been and reminds us to look to the Lord as we face the changing seasons of our lives.
What are the deeds of the Lord in your life?
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