The Shift Within The Season! 7-26–26

Welcome to the word for the week. Let’s remove the brakes this week and get right to the point as they say. We are in the summer season as we speak. Here in the south it is simply hot. It is easy to wonder how long will the heat last and will there be any relief. But, every season also has other seasons within it. When it is winter time, there is a season where it will be far warmer than it should be. In the spring there is a tendency for winter weather to show back up. In the summer it can cool off a bit in the middle of the season. In the fall there will be days that feel like summer again. My point in this is that there is a shift in every season. You have to be spiritually alert in order to notice the shift. Even in your life, there are seasons with the season. In the midst of your trials there will be good moments. In the midst of your good there will be moments that try to drag you down. So the question this week is do you know what season you are in?

Without any pain there can be no gain. To put that in exercise terms consider this point. The pain is a sign of something breaking down and yet that is how you build muscle tone. Something is breaking while building you at the same time. Now look at your life as we speak. What is hurting at the moment but working for your good? What has you crying tears of pain in the moment but it is working towards your tears of joy? Yes, pain is a real thing and nothing about it feels good it. But do we believe that all things work together for our good? If so, that means we are going to have to believe that the best is yet to come. We have to believe there will be glory after this. We have to believe that what was meant for our bad will work out for our good. So in the midst of your trials can you see the glory cloud on the horizon? If not, then you might have to do like the servant of Elijah and go back and look seven times. Trust me, the cloud is there. You just need your spiritual eyesight in order to see it.

Nobody does cartwheels over trials. The reality is that there is no testimony until the testing is finished. You take a test and do not know the results until you finish. However, if you walk in the spirit of Christ then you already know the outcome before the test. Brace yourself because we have already won. We already have the victory. We already have the promise of God which is yea and amen. We have everything we can possibly need because we have Christ on our side. No, we do not know how things are going to actually take place. Yes, we will have to go through the trials before we can see the hand of God. But we know His hand is already in it. We know that when we walk in the valley of the shadow we do not have anything to fear. We know that His word is all we need. We know that all it takes is one word to turn everything around. We also know that without trials and tribulations we will never truly learn “who” God is. We might know what He can do but you do not truly learn who He is until you have been through some things in life.

If you blink you might miss when the shift happens. You might not notice that flicker of light when you are in that dark tunnel. You might not feel that push of strength behind you when you are worn out from trying so hard. God told Elijah that is was going to rain. He did not let his servant look one time and quit. He told him to keep going back until he saw what God said. This week is simple but powerful. Will you dare to hold on to what God said? Will you be willing to fight if God says so? Will you be willing to let go if God says so? Nothing about either decision will be easy so make sure you really count the cost. The cost will be worth it no matter how much it costs. You cannot put a price on deliverance. You just have to thank God that you got it. Your victory does not simply start at the end of the fight. It starts before the fight. You have to believe you won long before the fight begins. As Jesus said, have faith in God!

May the Lord continue to bless and keep you in His grace,
Bishop Carlos J. Lennon