Seasons of Life

Ecclesiastes Lesson 3

Something that is often easily overlooked, and often unappreciated is the changing of the seasons.

• This is something that the Creator set in motion and promised that it would continue as long as the earth remains.
• The changing of the seasons is directly connected to the Lord’s love for you.
• After Noah and his family left the ark Noah built an altar and made a burnt offering to the Lord.
• Recorded in Genesis 8 we read, “21 And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done. 22 While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease.”” (Gen. 8:21-22).

As difficult as it may be to appreciate snow and cold…

• If we were to step back and see the big picture, we’d see that the changing of the seasons is a constant reminder of the Lord’s love for us His unchanging ways and His covenant promise are seen.
• We learn from the changing of the seasons that we can trust God.
• Also, the changing of seasons speaks to predictability that nothing lasts forever, winter ends and gives way to springtime, springtime to summer, summer to fall a cycle that does not change.
• As with the season, Solomon turns our attention to the idea of the seasons of life.
• In this lesson we will consider two points from verses 1-10.
• Then three closing points from verses 11- 15.
• We begin with some observations from the first 9 verses…

Solomon begins the third chapter with “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven:” (Eccl. 3:1).