Preparation for A Every Season
4) Prepare
What is ahead of us in a new season? We may suspect, but we can’t really know. So a word from the 23rd Psalm can serve us well, whether we expect good things or hard things ahead. The psalmist sang, “You prepare a table before me” (Psalm 23:5, NIV). Whatever a new season holds, the word “prepare” invites our Shepherd to go ahead, even “in the presence of my enemies,” and remove obstacles, defend against dangers and make straight paths for your feet (see Proverbs 4:11).
Beautiful. Provide. Soon. Prepare. Just four words. But they can be timely and powerful in helping us anticipate or face a new season in the awareness of God’s “great faithfulness, mercy and love.”