This message was written… but also spoken ↓
Have you ever felt like New Year’s didn’t bring anything new?
I have.
I’ve set the resolutions.
I’ve started at the gym because of the hype.
I’ve created the vision board to help materialize what I desire.
I even spent time in church dedicating my year to the Lord, believing for a bountiful year in God.
Yet—I’ve never felt new.
I never felt like January was the season to bring forth a harvest or something life-changing. It always felt emotionally hyped, while at the same time I wanted to stay far away from traditions. You know what I’m referring to—and if not, it’s greens for money, black-eyed peas for… um, something I don’t even remember, and the man of the house walking through the threshold with money in his pocket—even if he had to borrow it LOL!!!
That really makes me laugh.
Anyhow, none of it ever felt spiritually aligned. It felt like performance. Like expectation without preparation. Like declaring “new” while still standing in winter.
It wasn’t until I found myself in a place of true surrender that the Holy Spirit began to teach me something new…
the Truth.
“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.”
— John 8:32
What I came to understand is this:
God does not operate according to hype, trends, or man-made timelines. He operates according to seasons—the very order He established at creation.
“While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall not cease.”
— Genesis 8:22
Spring.
Summer.
Fall.
Winter.
And then it repeats.
Life does not begin in the dead of winter—it is preserved there. Winter is not punishment; it is protection. What appears dormant is actually being sustained by the Life-Giver Himself until the appointed time.
This is where the difference between Kronos and Kairos becomes clear.
Kronos is chronological time—dates, clocks, calendars, deadlines.
Kairos is God’s appointed time—when something is ripe, aligned, and ready to spring forth.
God speaks in Kairos.
“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth—do you not perceive it?”
— Isaiah 43:19
Notice what Isaiah reveals:
God declares the new thing before it springs forth. The issue is not whether God is speaking—the issue is whether we are discerning the season.
January often demands fruit when God is still forming roots.
April, however, aligns with His original design—life emerging, seeds breaking through soil, resurrection following burial. What the world has labeled “foolish,” God designed as a beginning.
And maybe that’s why so many of us have felt frustrated, behind, or disconnected—because we were trying to harvest in a season meant for preparation.
The truth set me free because it realigned me—not to a calendar, but to God’s rhythm.
The question is no longer, “What year is it?”
But rather,
What season am I in—and am I walking in Kairos instead of rushing in Kronos?
When I began to ask that question honestly, God gently pointed me back to His appointed times—the way He established time from the beginning, not the way man later rearranged it. Scripture shows that God set seasons, days, and years according to His order, anchoring them to creation, light, harvest, and redemption—not convenience or culture (Genesis 1:14).
The Bible reveals that the first month of the year is not in mid-winter, but in spring, during the month of Abib (later called Nisan), when life begins to emerge and the barley harvest appears. God Himself declared, “This month shall be unto you the beginning of months” (Exodus 12:2). That timing aligns with Passover, Firstfruits, and resurrection—God’s pattern of deliverance followed by new life. This biblical framework of God’s appointed times is consistently affirmed throughout Scripture and preserved in ancient reckonings of time that remain closely aligned with His original order. This understanding is not new, nor is it speculative — it is rooted in Scripture and reflected in ancient timekeeping systems that continue to honor God’s Appointed Times..
What struck me even more is how some ancient calendars, such as the Ethiopian calendar, still preserve a structure closer to this biblical rhythm—maintaining alignment with agricultural cycles and God’s appointed seasons, rather than the later Western adjustments that shifted the “new year” into winter dormancy. It’s not about adopting another system—it’s about recognizing that God never changed His order, even if man changed the labels.
Suddenly, everything made sense. Maybe the reason January never felt “new” is because God never designed winter to demand fruit. Winter is for preservation. Spring is for emergence. And God speaks in season, not according to hype—but according to what He has already established.
Pathway…
Read.
→ When Life Doesn’t Match the Promise: Returning to God as the Source
→ Don’t Think. Just Do: How Obedience, Action & Discipline Changed My Life
→ The Cost of the Cross: Why Transformation Isn’t Easy
Reflect.
→ Am I living according to pressure and culture… or God’s timing?
Listen.
→ The Pursuit of Truth Podcast
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