Lessons Learned In The Pruning Season
People in the church often have a misguided notion that God always operates in the timing and the way that we think He should. His Word is quite clear that His ways aren’t our ways (Isaiah 55). The longer I’ve been pursuing a life in the Kingdom, I realize that God is really into times and seasons. Often one season may look totally different than another season. Nature reflects this so well. Winter and summer may look completely different, but they each serve a purpose. It’s important to discern those seasons. The sons of Issachar understood this too (1 Chronicles 12:32). It’s important to trust God in those seasons and be able to recognize that God is faithful no matter what a situation may look like. We often like to talk about the exciting season. We all want to hear words about harvest and the manifested promises. We all love to hear stories of the faithfulness of God. What about the season that things appear dry and dead? What about the seasons where