We are reminded by nature that however harsh the winter may have been, spring brings a green that will push through the dried remains of fall, popping with delightful color. (Genesis 1:14 KJV) We have those April showers that bring May flowers, as the saying goes, but again, we tolerate the dreary gray sky of spring showers looking forward to the sunny days of May’s blooms.
From nature’s pattern of seasons we can take courage. Whatever “season” your life may be experiencing, hold on, better days are ahead no matter how stormy the sky. Though you may be going through a cold season with stark trees, let this natural season of spring encourage you that, “this too shall pass”. Psalm 30: 5 says it this way: “…weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.”
Approach life’s circumstances with the same confidence we have when we see the trees drop their leaves or when cold winds blow snow, hold on, don’t quit, your spring may burst forth sooner than you know. Hope when it appears as if there is no hope, “…against hope believed in hope, …” (Romans 4:18 KJV)
How can we have this confidence? (Hebrews 10:35 KJV) Because Jesus Christ went to the Cross and paid the price for our salvation. All we have need of can be found in the finished work of Christ at the Cross. “And, having made peace through the Blood of His Cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.” (Colossians 1:20 KJV) “And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He hears us: …” (1 John 5:14 KJV)
He will not withhold from us: “For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.” (Psalm 84:11 KJV)
Be not troubled: “Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in Me.” (John 14:1 KJV)
Be not afraid: “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27 KJV)
You can have peace: “… the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:7 KJV)
Spring’s lesson for us is HOLD ON. All may appear dried up and dead, but DON’T GIVE UP, new life is just beneath the surface.
Keep the faith: “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for He is faithful that promised;)” (Hebrews 10:23 KJV)
“Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.” (Hebrews 10:38 KJV)
“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:” (Genesis 1:14 KJV)
“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” (Genesis 8:22 KJV)
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:” (Ecclesiastes 3:1 KJV)
“For His anger endureth but a moment; in His favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” (Psalm 30:5 KJV)
“A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.” (John 16:21 KJV)
“Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.” (Romans 4:18 KJV)
“Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward.” Hebrews 10:35 [Full Chapter] KJV)
“And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He hears us:” (1 John 5:14 KJV)
“Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for He hath said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5 KJV)
“For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.” (Psalm 84:11 KJV)
“Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in Me.” (John 14:1 KJV)
“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (John 14:27 KJV)
“And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:7 KJV)
“And, having made peace through the Blood of His Cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.” (Colossians 1:20 KJV)
“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for He is faithful that promised;)” (Hebrews 10:23 KJV)
“Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.” (Hebrews 10:38 KJV)
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