NAPHTALI
A Word for the Millennials
Trying to Bloom Out of Season
One Sunday as I was coming home from church I witnessed the most amazing sight. We were in the “autumn” season and the foliage was particularly bright and beautiful that day. Leaves were falling from the trees and in some places making very large piles; bringing joy to children, but frustration to those who had the challenge of raking them up and disposing of them.
I am always in awe of the jaw-dropping displays the Lord tends to put on for us in every season. But what astonished me most were several trees that were supposed to bloom only in the spring season. They were showing large fresh blossoms and big beautiful blooms that were open.
I suppose the warm weather we were experiencing at that time was causing the trees to begin to bloom. But even though these trees are beautiful and producing a lot of magnificent flowers, it still wasn’t their season to bloom! We were entering into a time where a cold snap or frost would cause the buds to shrivel up, die and possibly damage the trees internally. The trees looked as though they had been planted recently; within the last year or so. Thus, they were still immature in their growth because they were not really rooted and grounded yet.
To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:1, NKJV
We, like those trees, hold certain gifts and talents that were given to us before the foundation of the earth and we must use them and display them only in the season God specifies. Just because there are things we can do with our gifts (give a word, sing a song, etc.) doesn’t necessarily mean we can use them whenever we feel the time is right!
These gifts are from God, and they are not meant to be used until a certain time. If we choose to operate in them when we feel like it, the gifts and talents will not have the anointing of God. We are actually operating out of our own mind, body, and soul; our own flesh. Basically, we will be operating out of season.
God is not going to revoke any gift He has given us.
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable
Romans 11:29, NKJV
But, when we act on our own, whatever we
are doing may flourish for a while, but, if
the gifts and talents are not used in the
season and the way God meant for them to
be used, they will wither, fall to the ground
and die.
Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God,
2 Corinthians 1:21,
NKJV
It is the anointing of God that allows our
gifts to operate in His “ due season." So,
when we operate out of season, are we being
like those young trees; showing our
immaturity in the Lord. Have we really
tapped into the Root and gotten grounded?
A rose is beautiful and comes in many colors
and many varieties, but if it begins to bloom
in December in an atmosphere that cannot
nurture it, the flower will have a very
fleeting lifespan.
When we operate outside the parameters