In Due Season Sermon Notes

In Due Season
Galatians 6:7-10 – Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

Sooner or later what we sow, we reap, but the thing that is so deceptive is that we reap in a different season.

Timing is everything!

The Foundation for this Law - Genesis 8:22

A season in our life is a time frame that has been allotted for something to happen.

The harvest never comes immediately after planting; for while the earth abides, there is seedtime and harvest, winter and summer, etc.

The "in due season" Principle - at the appropriate, appointed time - men will reap that which they have sown, whether good or bad.

OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE SEASONS OF LIFE

     I.    Life is Full of Change, But Not of Chance  Ecc. 3: 1

·         The contradictions of life provide balance.

One who tries to live all of the positives without learning how to deal with the negatives will fail in life.

·         The variety of life provides experience.

Wisdom is the ability to properly apply knowledge.

·         The spectrum of life provides opportunity.

Life isn’t really random after all. The word translated “season” in verse one is properly translated “appointed time”.

    II.    Life Can Be Glimpsed But Not Grasped  Ecc: 3:9-10

·   Circumstance without purpose produces weariness.

·   Circumstance without purpose produces boredom.

·   Circumstance without purpose produces emptiness.

  III.    Life Can Find Purpose and Value in Due Season  Ecc. 3:3-11-13

Every moment God controls is an eternal act.  

HOW TO RESPOND TO THE SEASONS OF LIFE

·   Choose Faith Over Frustration  Ecc. 3:11,14

·   Choose Gratitude Over Grumbling  Ecc. 3:12a-13

·   Choose Good Over Gain Ecc. 3:12b

·   Choose To Reverence God Rather Than Fear Life  Ecc. 3:14

Nothing happens outside of God’s control and character. Proverbs 19:23

“The Best Preparation for Tomorrow is the
Right Use of Today"