Daily Devotions

So we move on to the number four and I want to view this number through the mention of the 4 seasons found in the Bible. Perhaps most famously we read of the 4 parts of the year in Genesis 8:22, The whole passage from v 20 tells of Noah’s devotion to God following the flood.’Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though[a] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.

“As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”

The changing seasons are theological in nature because they come from God. Summer is long and hot, autumn comes, and all the leaves change colours; winter comes, and everything dies, and then spring comes and resurrects everything back to life. This is exactly what happens within the Gospel account.

One writer compares the incarnation In terms of the seasons; Jesus came to earth to suffer (the heat of summer), died on the cross for our sins, and our sins fell to the ground (autumn or fall as our American Cousins name the season), was buried (winter), and was resurrected (spring). The seasons point us to Jesus and the beauty of the Gospel.

Many of us overlook God as the Creator of the seasons. We start to worship the creation rather than the Creator. When we do this, we need to turn back to God. He is the One we should be praising. There would be no seasons without Him.

Praise God for the beauty of the seasons by thanking Him for them, crafting poems about the seasons, and creating different art forms in your expression of worship. Go to the Lord in prayer and praise His Name.

When the autumn weather comes, and summer subsides, praise Him for the coolness of fall. When spring comes and puts an end to winter storms, praise God.

All of these things are from God, and we need to thank Him for all of these blessings. The beauty of the seasons, new starts, and more temperate weather cause our hearts to rejoice.

For each new season with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything your goodness sends.

We praise and thank you Lord. Amen