Today is the first day of Spring. I know many of us look forward to this day each year with childlike glee. After the very first frost and the first time you had to scrape off that windshield that first cold morning going to work—you were ready for Spring to return. The coming of Spring is like a doubled-edged sword. The warm weather and beautiful days, are paired with the pollen and allergy filled months. For some of us, allergies are not a problem, but for some, this season is a pain and many would rather face endless months of Winter than ever have to buy that box of tissues and face that ragweed ever again.
But with all the goings of the changing of the seasons, we can forget the plans of God and his picture of redemption painted in creation.
I love Spring. I love Winter. I love every season, and I equally love to see them come and go. Winter is great. Everyone loves snow. Kids love the snow days, and parents love staying home with their kids during those snow days. (That is a joke I think) But come January, everyone is happy to look forward to the coming Spring. Warmer days, and cool showers are all part of God’s plan to bring back new life from the cold deadness of winter.
Solomon writes,
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven… —Ecclesiastes 3:1 (ESV)
It is in the words of Scripture we can find peace knowing our God knows what he is doing, and encourages us to find rest in what he has planned. As Solomon would go on to say, God has ordained all things and given a time for every matter under heaven. In creation God created all that was made, and on Earth he made it so that our years are marked by seasons. Seasons are God’s way of showing how he is able to bring about the end of things, and also resurrect what was once dead.
April is upon us, and Easter Sunday is right around the corner. It is not a coincidence that we celebrate our resurrected Lord in the middle of Spring. With Spring comes new life, and at its heart is a glorious risen Savior. For everything there is a season, and the coming of Spring each year should remind us how God makes all things new. He gives hope to the hopeless. He causes the blind to see. He feeds the hungry. He brings back to life, that which was dead. He proves that to us each and every Spring.
Christian, Easter is coming and Resurrection Sunday will be here soon. Let us celebrate this season with hope and victory. Our God has conquered the grave. Our God will have the last word. Death has lost its sting and our God has given hope to his people this Spring season.
—Bro. Jesse