Do you ever consider the rhythms of life? There are many different rhythms but I want to look at three particular ones; the rhythm of nature, of the world and of the heart. All three are very different but also very connected. The rhythm of the world runs very different from that of nature in that the world sets the timings and life seems to find ways to keep up. Do you find, however, that once you seem to get caught up and move into a groove, the parameters change and suddenly you are playing catch-up again? Here is the key, unless you are the one driving the car, you are a passenger and reliant on others to get you where you are supposed to go. The question is this; do they have your best interests in mind?
Now nature is on a rhythm as well and there is very little
we can do to change that. Have you ever tried to hold back the tide? Can you stop
winter from coming? Yes there are variances in the seasons but summer will come
to an end and fall will lead to winter. Global warming, global cooling,
hurricanes and droughts, the cycles have been playing out for thousands of
years and nothing really changes the progression of nature. God designed the
world to go through the cycles, the rhythms, and we watch as life continues on
regardless to how we feel about it.
Now, the rhythms of the heart are on a whole different plain.
God created mankind in His image. We are a people reflective of our God and in
that there is a comfort. Consider this, God is love and we are made in this
image. God is now and forever, the beginning and the end. Before we were born,
He knew us and by His Son we are to be with Him forever. There is no timeline, He
does not throw in new parameters that change the playing field. In Ecclesiastes
3 God spelled it all out in a very clear way;
There is a time for
everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:
a time to be born and a time
to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to
build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and
a time to refrain from embracing,
a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw
away,
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to
speak,
a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
9 What
do workers gain from their toil? I have seen the
burden God has laid on the human race. He has made
everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human
heart; yet[a] no one can fathom what God has
done from beginning to end. I know that there is
nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That
each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their
toil—this is the gift of God.
We do need to recognize the rhythms of the world and be wary
of the ones that are not of God as they are a detraction from the pureness of
what He has designed for us all. There is a time for all things, give high priority
to the call of God in your life for He is all that matters.
This weekend, we welcome Chaplain Tim Kirby once gain as he
shares His message. We invite you to join us online Sunday at 10:30 AM MST.
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Blessings
Pastor Todd
www.mainavefellowship.blogspot.ca
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