February is a cold month and it is a tough season for examinees. In Japan, February and August are known for months that things don’t go well. Perhaps you may think this way. “When will these things move? Until when should I bear?” Sometimes you may feel “God forgets me”. But I don’t want you to think that is true.
For example, deciduous trees lose their leaves in winter and we can’t see any change from the outside. However, their roots are growing under the ground and they come into leaves and flowers in spring. We shouldn’t think things are stopping.
There is a time things don’t seem to be moving. We become impatient but we can’t change anything. The point is, until God’s timing, things don’t go well even though you do your best. However, when God’s time comes, things moves even if you try to stop it.
As the Bible says like this.
”There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
The Bible says, “When times are good, be happy. But when times are bad, consider.”(Ecclesiastes 7:14)The thing that you should do when things don’t go well is considering about yourself. It doesn’t mean to regret that you have done something wrong. It is a time to notice God is working. He has a better way that is different from yours. You might have lived well to a certain extent, but He wants to show you the way He prepared for you. And He wants to giveyou the way that you will experience His blessings. That’s why he sometimes stops things around you. It’s a good time you come to realize what He is doing for you.
Hope you know the will of God, and your heart will be filled with peace.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”(Isaiah 55:9)
Senior Pastor Masao Nakanishi
