Sep 29. Titus 2. Celina Cejas
Always in Season
One of my favorite things about God lately has been his ability to use each season of life to his glory. Whether that be a season of great joy that leads us to see God’s blessings, deep loss that brings us near to him and his promises of peace and rest, or the times where we have been called to sit and await his answer to our prayers. In each of these seasons, God uses our lives to showcase the grace, love and hope we have been given as his children.
As I have wrestled with my own seasons of joy, sorrow, and waiting, I have struggled to choose to trust in the promises made to the children of God. I can forget that God has made every season useful. That every moment of my life has been meticulously designed, not to put me to shame, but rather to make me confident in the kindness, nearness, and gentle heart of my creator.
I love this passage because it is a call to remember the grace so lavished upon us by our father. A grace that equips our hearts and minds for every situation, that grants freedom from the Sin that so easily entangles, and that makes us content to wait for the fulfillment of our hope.
Too often, I can forget that grace is my motivation to come before God. Instead I focus on all of the “lessons” my season must be trying to get through to me, and I miss the grace that brings salvation. Not just the kind that saves me from my sin. But a salvation that frees me from my insecurity, shame, self-deprecating thoughts, anxiety, fears… the list goes on.
In every phase of life, this is the grace we have been called to share with one another. It is a message that is not limited by the earthly constraints of age, class, gender, marital status, or nationality. It is the blessed hope promised to us by our Heavenly Father.
Above all, constantly echo God’s intense love for one another, for love will be a canopy over a multitude of sins. Every believer has received grace gifts, so use them to serve one another as faithful stewards of the many-colored tapestry of God’s grace.
1 Peter 4:8, 10 TPT