Your Season Is Coming!

“They are like trees planted by streams of water, Which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all they do, they prosper.” -Psalm 1:3

We all desire to be prosperous and live prosperous lives. In fact, there are many who believe that their prosperity is a sign that God is present. This assumption would suggest that one’s lack of prosperity might signify the absence of God’s presence. Therefore, barrenness would be an indication that God has retreated and that one’s life has become a citadel for desolateness. But this may not necessarily be the case. The lack of prosperity, fruitfulness, or productiveness does not automatically mean divine abandonment. It may be that those moments in our lives when we feel impoverished, unproductive, and fruitless are simply an indication that we have not yet come into our season.

In Psalm 1, the Psalmist declares that trees planted by streams of water will yield their fruit, but they will only yield their fruit in its season. What a powerful revelation! How many times have you looked at the fruitfulness or prosperity of others and grown envious and jealous? How many times have you wondered why everyone else seemed to be doing well, but you weren’t? It just may not be your season. The tree doesn’t deliberate over whether or not its season will come. The tree is patient because the tree knows that its season is on the way! Patience is the lesson we learn from the tree. The focus cannot be fruitfulness or the lack thereof; the focus ought to be on whether or not we are planted by streams of water. The tree planted by streams of water will always yield fruit. God is the stream of water. Make sure you are planted!

Peace and Blessings,

Pastor Mike