New Year - The Seasons of Life

Hello Partners and Friends!

I am sitting in my office looking out the window at the grey skies of winter and feeling the chill of thirty-one degree temperatures in the great state of Oklahoma. I am very thankful for the different seasons we get to experience in life. In Oklahoma, we experience all four seasons, and each season brings joy to my life, as well as discomfort. For example, winter, with all its beauty of grounds covered with white snow and bright star-filled nights, brings the cold temperatures that can be unbearable with the Oklahoma wind. Summer with all the flowers, watermelon and sunny days by the pool, can also be so hot outside that a day by the pool is a must if you are going to be outside. All seasons, in the natural, bring us joy and bring us trials. 

Seasons in life can be just like that - seasons of joy and season of tribulation. The Word of God tells us in Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.” Just like the earthly seasons roll around every year, so will the seasons in life that are full of joy and ones in which we seem to experience trials. But, as we begin this new year, let’s not forget that through all the seasons of life, we have one hope; and our hope is in Jesus Christ and His finished work. We have the hope that even though it may be a cloudy, cold, wind-blown winter’s day outside today;  tomorrow is a new day. To everything there is a season. Every season we face this coming year, we can look to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. We know that we will make it through this cold, blustery, winter’s day and wake to a sun shining, bright day tomorrow because Jesus is our hope for tomorrow. Jesus is the finisher of our days and is with us through every moment of joy and every trial we may face this coming year. All we have to do is keep our eyes on Him. 

So, as we begin our new year, let’s make it our goal during this new season to keep our eyes on Jesus. Even when the wind blows, our eyes are on Jesus. Even when it’s a bright beautiful day, our eyes are on Jesus. We are continually looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, and we will make it through this year in the finished work of Christ. He will write the ending for every situation if we keep our eyes on Him in every season of this upcoming year.

Agree with me in this prayer over you in 2020:

“Father, I lift up our partners and friends to you; thank you so much for each and every one of them and what they mean to our lives, to this ministry, and to the body of Christ. Thank you, Lord, that as we enter this new year, in every situation we will be looking to you for your guidance, wisdom, and revelation. I thank you, Lord, that you are increasing our partners and friends with great revelation and spiritual understanding. I believe with all my heart that they will hear your voice clearly this year, like never before. I also ask you, Lord, to bless our partners and friends this year exceedingly abundantly above all that they can ask or think. I believe doors of opportunity and finances are opening up to them as you increase them in all areas of their lives. Expand and increase their vision, as they expand and increase in You. I pray for peace, joy, health and prosperity to be upon them in all they do during this new year. I cover them in your blood and surround them with your love. In Jesus’s precious name. Amen.

-Coach Brim