Life is composed of various seasons, some of which are joyful and clear, while others are confusing and painful. In these uncertain times, the natural human response is to ask God what He is doing and why things are happening as they are. True faith, however, is not about having all the answers or understanding the timing. It is about choosing to trust in God's character—His goodness, wisdom, and faithfulness—even when His plans remain hidden from our view. This trust is built on relationship, not on explanation. [05:37]
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-4 (ESV)
Reflection: What is one specific area of your life where you are currently asking, "God, what are you doing?" How might you actively choose to trust in His character rather than seek an immediate explanation for this season?
God often uses extended periods of waiting to position and prepare His people. What can feel like a delay or even abandonment is frequently a season of divine development. During these times, we may not be able to control our circumstances, but we can control our response to them. God is more concerned with building Christlike character within us than with accelerating our personal plans or promotions. He is actively at work, even in the silence, shaping us for His purposes. [11:33]
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28 (ESV)
Reflection: Recall a past season of waiting where you now see God's purpose. How does that memory encourage you to respond with patience and trust in your current "in-between" season?
When the moral and spiritual foundations of society appear to be crumbling, it is easy to give in to fear and discouragement. The voices around us may suggest that the righteous are powerless. Yet, our hope is not found in the stability of earthly systems but in the unshakable throne of heaven. God remains sovereign, watching over all and working His ultimate purposes. Our calling is not to retreat but to stand firm in prayer, truth, and holy living. [30:22]
The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD's throne is in heaven; his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.
Psalm 11:4 (ESV)
Reflection: Where have you been tempted to respond to cultural confusion with fear or retreat? What is one practical way you can "stand" this week through prayer, speaking truth, or living out your faith with courage?
The turmoil and lawlessness we witness in the world is not merely a political or social issue; at its root, it is a spiritual problem. Scripture reveals that darkness and evil spirits can influence cultures to call evil good and good evil. This deception leads to a loss of reverence for God and, consequently, a loss of respect for life, law, and truth. Discerning this spiritual reality is the first step toward engaging in effective prayer and standing for light in the midst of darkness. [24:10]
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
Isaiah 5:20 (ESV)
Reflection: When you observe the news or cultural events, how does recognizing the spiritual battle change your perspective from one of frustration to one of purposeful intercession?
You were not saved and placed in this specific moment of history merely to survive quietly. The seasons of refining, pruning, and hidden preparation were all orchestrated by God to build resilience and strength within you. This has equipped you not to fold under pressure but to stand firm. God has a plan and a purpose for your life, and you were shaped for such a time as this to be a light and to represent His kingdom with courage. [32:49]
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV)
Reflection: Considering the unique gifts, experiences, and current season God has entrusted to you, what is one way He might be inviting you to step out of neutrality and represent Him more boldly this week?
Ecclesiastes 3 anchors a meditation on “the space between”—the seasons people cannot control but in which God moves. The text insists that every human rhythm—birth and death, planting and uprooting, crying and dancing—fits within divine timing, yet faith rarely means knowing that timing. Faith means trusting God amid uncertainty. The narrative threads through Scripture: Jesus’ cry from the cross, Joseph’s thirteen years of suffering, David’s decade of waiting after anointing, and Israel’s forty years in the wilderness. Each example shows God positioning, shaping, and refining character long before visible promotion arrives.
The message reframes hardship as formation: pruning often shapes growth rather than inflicts mere punishment. Silence and delay create a temptation to interpret absence as abandonment, failure, or exile from God’s favor, but scripture invites endurance and submission. Mature faith learns to say, “God, I do not know what you are doing, but I know you are faithful, good, and present.” Trust does not require a full explanation; it requires a relationship that sustains obedience in fog and furnace.
The cultural diagnosis moves from civic complaint to spiritual diagnosis. Isaiah and contemporary observation point to demonic influence wherever lawlessness, temple desecration, and the confusion of moral categories rise. When society calls evil good and mocks worship while rationalizing desecration, a deeper spiritual corruption lies behind political noise. Psalm 11 reframes panic: even when foundations tremble, God sits enthroned; the righteous can act—stand, pray, speak truth, and live holy—not by political retreat but by courageous witness.
The conclusion issues a twofold summons: refuse neutral faith and refuse silent resignation. Remain faithful in hidden seasons so God can reveal fruit in due time; take the decisive step into relationship with Christ where needed. The present turmoil becomes both test and opportunity: God tests whether people will shake with the times or stand on him, and those shaped in hidden places now prepare for harvest and service when pressure demands faithfulness.
``I believe today that God is calling out his people out of spiritual neutrality. Maybe for some, maybe it's lukewarm faith. You're not all in. Or maybe there's this passive Christianity in your walk with the Lord. God is calling us out. Perhaps though, maybe there's some that you haven't even taken the first step. And you're in a season you don't understand like many, but there's no future. There's no hope. There's there's no purpose. You you need the Lord Jesus Christ in your life.
[00:33:13]
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#NoMoreLukewarmFaith
``And if you're in the in between season, he has not forgotten you. Am I speaking to anybody? He is still here, and he has your name, your fingerprint, and he has a plan for your life. Amen? No matter what age you're at. And so Ecclesiastes, as we just read, reminds us that God governs the seasons we don't understand. And here's the thing. I don't like this, but I know it's true. He doesn't owe us the schedule. Right? But he asked for us to trust and for us to surrender in those seasons we don't understand or have perfect clarity.
[00:18:18]
(39 seconds)
#GodHasAPlan
``The Lord is in his holy temple. The Lord's throne is in heaven. In other words, yes, foundations may be shaken on earth but God is still ruling in heaven. And David is saying, even if everything down here is unstable, God is not. But that's not all. That's not all what he's saying. And so the question is, what can the righteous do? And the implied answer is this, plenty. There's a lot we can do.
[00:29:58]
(24 seconds)
#GodUnshaken
``Now the spirit of God is here in our midst, and he is here to save. There is a spirit of adoption that is here. Those of you who may be listening online later or throughout the week, there is a spirit of adoption to invite you into the kingdom of God, but you must make the first step. You must choose to invite Jesus in your life.
[00:33:54]
(23 seconds)
#InviteJesusToday
``How many know that anyone can trust God when life is predictable? Right? But it takes real faith to trust him when you're in the fog, when you're in the silence. That's where it takes real faith. I can't see it. It's not written out. And so and so here's the promise, some good news. If you stay faithful in the season, the season you don't understand, God will be faithful in the season that you are walking towards.
[00:20:23]
(28 seconds)
#FaithInTheFog
``Really, if I could say it this way, when God seems silent, faith, the mature faith learns to say, God, I don't know what you're doing, but I know that you are faithful, that you are good. Come on somebody. That you are wise and you are present even when I don't sense you, feel you. You are present and you are in control of my life and that's enough.
[00:19:09]
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#FaithInSilence
``Silence makes us nervous at times. And and what happens is we try to start interpreting things, watch this, and we think, well, maybe this means I failed Or this must mean God is done with me, or maybe he's mad, or maybe he's disappointed. I know he's not mad. He loves me. I know. Maybe this means I'm off track somewhere. Silence. No. Maybe it simply means you're in the process, and God is shaping you.
[00:17:48]
(30 seconds)
#GodIsShapingYou
``The Lord is in his holy temple. The Lord's throne is in heaven. In other words, yes, foundations may be shaken on earth but God is still ruling in heaven. And David is saying, even if everything down here is unstable, God is not. But that's not all. That's not all what he's saying. And so the question is, what can the righteous do? And the implied answer is this, plenty. There's a lot we can do.
[00:29:58]
(24 seconds)
#PlentyTheRighteousCanDo
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