It's that time of the year once again, the seasons are changing and so are the colors of the leaves. If you happen to live in an area where like me, you can enjoy the stroke of the Creator’s paintbrush upon the landscape, you will find that it’s near impossible to ignore the beauty. I wonder how many see this awesome display but still miss the miracle as our loving Heavenly Father seeks to draw our attention to H
imself. Even if you can’t see this beautiful array of colors, the change in seasons alone is yet again another reminder that we must take into account what the Lord of creation wants to convey to us and how we can learn some very important lessons. We witness many amazing attributes of our mighty God through nature and we are told in the Word of God that we are without excuse when the end of our days arrive; For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky.
"Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God." (Romans 1:20, NLT)
With that in mind, if creation alone bears testimony to His power, sovereignty, and might, how much more can He use it to teach those of us who already know Him and are walking with the Savior? Let’s take a look at what we can learn from the changing seasons. Changes occur all of the time. Some changes affect our lives significantly while other changes we may barely notice, but none the less, things are always changing whether we want them to or not.
Some changes are comfortable, in fact some are welcomed with open arms! But what about those changes that are closely related to trials and they bring many uncomfortable circumstances.
Take the simple shot in the arm from the doctors office. As unpleasant as many of us find shots, we know that for the most part it will produce positive results in the end. For the Christian, those who are walking daily with Christ, changes can take us by surprise and we can sometimes be shaken, but when we are firmly rooted and grounded in Christ, we are never moved from upon the rock. We see that our Lord will allow these changes (or again, trials if you will), in order to grow us up and perfect our faith in Him.