Spring is here: It’s Time to Bear Fruit

Scripture Reading: Ecclesiastes 3:1-3

Main Verse:  To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NKJV)

Worship Song/Song to meditate on: Seasons – Donald Lawrence and the Tri-City Singers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxUqOK_EcoI)

Spring is that season between winter and summer.  It signifies emergence of new life because it’s that time when plants and animals are born. It is said that when you notice a newly budding leaf, be sure that spring has arrived.

Dr Anthony Scioli in a Psychology Today article likened spring time to hope. Spring brings added light and heat as the days are warmer and longer. One effect of this is improved moods which engenders hope. Spring is also a bridge from the darkness of winter to the bright warmth of summer. The earth softens so seeds are planted which results in beautiful flowers at this time. The grass is often greener and trees starts budding. During spring animals stop hibernating, hundreds of bird species return home. Also, it is the perfect time for outdoor activities such as walking, hiking, gardening and farming.

Spring is also considered a time of healing as people who are normally depressed in the winter are normally less depressed during this time. There is also an increase in Vitamin D which is involved in promoting bone health, proper cell differentiation, boosting immunity and helps with the healing of Cancer.

Now, in this time of recession where there is so much unemployment, companies closing down, rising prices, inflation is at an all-time high, crime and wars are everywhere around us. You must be asking where the hope is. Where is this spring?

My answer is, it is right here. If you look hard enough, believe hard enough, you will find hope. Look in the faces of your children, look at all the beautiful things God created, look within yourself, look to God and you will find hope. Despite all that is going on around us we just have to believe.

A few Sundays ago my Pastor declared that 2013 is going to be a year of Divine Blessings. I held on to this and I believe that it will be an extraordinary year

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However, like the farmers we need to plant in this season so that we can be ready for the harvest when it comes.  

Your spring time is a season of giving – like the farmer, we reap what we sow. Therefore give of your time, money and substance. This is a biblical principle and one that many successful persons adopt. Give today by volunteering or by encouraging someone. Buy lunch for someone or just simply smile with someone.

Your springtime is a season of Imagining – The fifth Law of Success by Napoleon Hill, Author of “Think and Grow Rich” is Imagination. “You will never have a definite purpose in life, you will never have self-confidence, you will never have initiative and leadership unless you first create those qualities in your imagination and see yourself in possession of them.”  Therefore dream big today.   I often tell people that one day I will sing solo at church, today I often called “tone deaf” and told that I can’t hold a note to save my life.

Your springtime is a season of speaking positively – Speak life over your dreams. The bible tells us that faith is the substance of things hope for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). Allow no one to tell you that you can’t achieve your dreams. With Christ all things are possible.

Your springtime is a season of believing – There is a saying that goes “What the mind believes and conceives that it will achieve.” You can do it if you believe you can.