Summer is a hard season for me. Summer screams LAZY, COMPLACENT, and ... CHECKS. Why checks? I feel during this season I am constantly hard on myself. All I do during the summer is evaluate where I am with the Lord...a heart check, a soul check, a LOVE check. I have the least distractions during the summer, and because of that sadly, I am more convicted of the things that burden the Lord. Like I said..hard on myself. BUT, during this season God shows me His grace, He shows me that I absolutely can not do this life thing on my own! Realizing how great my sin is in the light of who God is makes me want to worship Him more. Realizing that conviction=discipline and discipline=obedience makes me want to rejoice in the fact that the Lord loves me enough as His child to look out for my BEST interest. Instead of viewing this summer as LAZY, COMPLACENT, and .. CHECKS. I view this past summer as RENEWAL, REVIVAL, and RESTORATION. It is also REFRESHING. Summer is a great time to look back and re-evaluate where you are spiritually. What is the Lord teaching you in this season? What is He convicting you of is in the way of your obedience to the God?
Hebrews 12:5-13:
5And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:
"My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
6because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."[a]
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
6because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."[a]
7Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? 8If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 9Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! 10Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. 11No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
12Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13"Make level paths for your feet,"[b] so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
[a] Prov. 3:11-12; [b] Prov. 4:26
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