How can you know what season we are currently in as it relates to God’s plan for man? After all, times and seasons are in the Father’s hands, so you could suppose there is no way to know. As always, the Lord has the answer — even though you do not know exactly what year, day or hour it is since the birth of Jesus (our years, after all, are designated with “A.D.”, which stands for anno domini, Latin for “in the year of the lord,” and refers specifically to the birth of Jesus Christ), still, you can know the time in which we live; the season.
What time is it then? “It’s time to wake up!” Every day brings you one day closer to heaven. God has a divine purpose for your life today. He wants to do something spiritually significant in your life today, and He has something just as momentous that He wants to do through you this day as well. This is the time, the moment, like no other in your history or even in the history of the world since time began.
The friends, family, loved ones, colleagues that you will have a chance to interact with this day and the paths that you will cross; none of these are ordinary, everyday occurrences, even if it seems that this is, “just more of the same, just another day.” For a child of God, no day is just another day, for every day is the day. This is the day the Lord has made. It might seem like any other day, but it’s not — always be awake and aware of the Lord’s plan for your life in the here and now.
And be aware of the time, the season for each encounter: will it be planting seeds of faith in a young child’s heart or being a part of reaping the harvest of a soul seeking redemption or maybe just the tedious task of helping to pull out some weeds so that what has been planted can grow and flourish. Perhaps it’s just being there for someone whose grief is beyond words. Yes, any of that could be today; this day. You just need to know the time!