Have you ever been in a situation where you wished you could go back to “the way it was”? I know I have, and I think we all can say that now especially after the pandemic. The thing about wanting to go back is that we miss the opportunities in front of us. 

It’s easy to get caught up in the “good ole days” mentality when it’s all you’ve known.   However, there are times and seasons for everything under the sun (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8). Could you imagine wearing your winter coat in the middle of summer when it is 98 degrees? Or taking a walk in shorts and a tank top with snow falling down around you?  No, you wouldn’t do those things because it wouldn’t be appropriate for the season and in an extreme situation you could cause yourself harm. 

Yes, we can honor and remember the past for what it gave us, but when the season changes, so should we. Change can be difficult, and I think we all know someone who has struggled with pivoting to the new in life. I don’t want that to be you. Lots wife in Genesis couldn’t fathom a better place to live, a better day and couldn’t let go of what was so she ended up being left behind (19:15-26).

What God is doing in this season will require a new version of you. You must be able to take the lessons of the past for what they were and allow yourself to upgrade to where God is calling you to be. If you have been struggling with stepping into new season, know that you are not alone, and that God can see you through. You don’t have to start with all the answers, you just believe God and go. 

God has graced you for the season He has called you to. So, believe that the God that gave you grace in the last season, is the same God that will grace you in the next. 

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.” -Isaiah 43:19

-Rebecca Cochran