“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under
the heavens.”
(and a season to cut
footloose)
On a serious note…
We all go through
those seasons. Our personal life, our family, and church all go through
seasons. We may go through a season of unemployment and then a season of the
best job of your life; a season of being a leader and a season of being a
follower; a season of being in the military followed by civilian life; a season
of giving and a season of receiving. And the list can go on and on.
My church back in
England went through very distinct seasons. I think they were so evident
because we were such a small group but transparent before the Lord. I can
pinpoint to the month and events in those months when our seasons changed. We
would be in a season of healing, Holy Spirit baptisms, peace, struggle, warrior
spirit, giving, serving, and much more. One of those seasons was intercession.
Our area of England
was is farm-town so we had villages, not towns or cities. We were in deep
prayer for our villages. “God of This City” by Chris Tomlin had become our
anthem but instead of singing city, we would sing whatever village we were
interceding for or our own village. I am sure we sounded like a bunch of fruit
loops to others but to the Lord, it was all he could ask for. I didn’t witness
any huge revivals during my time there, a Great Awakening, but I know there was
change, we knew it was happening. We fully believed that God was softening the
hearts of those in England. Because of the power of prayer marriages could be
saved, families restored, addictions broken, strongholds tore down. Who knows
but God! We were called into a season to pray and intercede for those who were
not praying on their own. For those who had turned their backs on God, who did
not know who God was, who called themselves Christians but did not know God, for
those who hurt too bad to see the good in life anymore. We were praying for
them.
