Proverbs 20
Embrace this Season of Your Life!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, October 30.
I love my long grey beard. I wasn’t sure about it at first, but it’s grown on me. It’s distinguished; it’s colored by wisdom (Proverbs 16:31). We live in a culture that idolizes youth and beauty, and rewards novelty and sensuality, but the Bible calls us not to find our identity in that which passes like the seasons (Proverbs 31:30). Instead, the Bible calls us to grow closer to Jesus in every season. When you make spiritual formation (Christlikeness) your primary ambition – the gaining of wisdom and the training of godliness – you will embrace every season of your life as a gift from God.
There are different reasons for each season, and we gain insights on what those are when we look at creation. There can only be the new life of spring after the deep power of winter’s rest, and we can’t reap the harvest until we’ve experienced the abundant growth of summer. Solomon explained in Proverbs 20:29, “The glory of young men is their strength, and the honor of old men is their gray hair.” I encourage the youth, as Paul exhorted his protégé in 1 Timothy 4:12, “Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe.” Use the spring and summer seasons of your life to grow strong and sow good seed, in preparation for the harvest seasons which will come later.
I encourage the mature to embrace the gift of their autumn and winter seasons to reap what has been sown, and to trust the investment of their lives (like good seed) to burst forth with good fruit. Walk in the way of righteousness today, and you will grow closer to Jesus in every season of your life.
Seize the moment and apply the wisdom of Proverbs 20: embrace this season of your life!
God bless you!
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