A Time for Every Purpose

Ecclesiastes 3:1

 

1To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:

 

King Solomon was full of wisdom and this book along with Proverbs contains very valuable lessons on how to view life, walk in life and how to see others.

 

Many of us have seen antidotes on seasons and how it relates to people in your life but what about how they are related to purpose? If you break down how God has used the seasons then you know that he uses winter to take away the germs, animals go into hibernation and to some degree so do people. He gives the grass and flowers a time to rest. Spring is when the flowers and trees come alive again. Animals awaken from their slumber and people begin to venture out. Some people even begin working their gardens. We get a lot of rain in the spring to rejuvenate the soil. Summer comes and the sun beams brighter than any other time of the year and washes out the rain. And then comes the fall. The trees change colors before they loose their leaves, the nights become cooler and the sound of crickets echo louder than ever. A season as a noun is defined by Merriam-Webster's Dictionary as natural season, appropriate time from the Latin word sation- satio which means action of sowing, 1) refers to division of year 2) a period of time associated with a particular activity, event or holiday

 

How does all this relate to purpose? Everyone has a purpose but not every purpose comes to full bloom until its time. Purposes are birthed in different seasons for different people. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary defines purpose as an object or resolution aimed at: intention 2) resolution, determination. The second use: to propose as an aim to oneself.

So a particular time of year associated with a particular activity for a specific intent or aim. God does not see time the same way we do. Our finite minds cannot comprehend for the Word says in Isaiah 55 that His ways are not our ways. But know this, every season has a beginning and an end. Every purpose has birthing and when it is complete it ends. Everything in your life God will use for His purpose at His appointed time. You are here for an appointed time for a specific intention. No one knows but God what season you are in. So it would be wise just as King Solomon notes to understand and inquire from God your purpose and season.