Know when seasons end and assignments change

It’s so important to discern when seasons change and assignments come to an end.

I’m currently in the middle of packing up the home we’ve lived in for the last five years. A home full of memories, laughter, healing, prayers, and growth. But now — we’re moving suddenly.

The Lord has been whispering all summer that He was doing a “NEW THING.” I didn’t fully understand what that meant at the time. But now I see — He wasn’t just doing a new thing, He’s doing many new things.

This move wasn’t something we were seeking. In fact, it came completely out of nowhere. One moment we were settled, and the next, the Lord shifted everything. He gave me a vision of a door — the exact door that would later become the front door of our new home. Overnight, our hearts changed. Within just a few weeks, we looked at homes, listed ours, accepted an offer, and bought a new one.

Talk about the God of suddenly.

A few months ago, He spoke to my heart:

“Well done, my good and faithful servant. Your job here is done.”

At first, I didn’t know what that meant. I had mixed emotions — sadness, gratitude, uncertainty — but I chose to surrender the assignment He was asking me to release.

I didn’t realize that letting go of that assignment would also mean letting go of the place attached to it. The community. The comfort. The familiar. But the Lord is teaching me that our assignments and seasons have expiration dates. When grace lifts, it’s time to move.

It’s bittersweet, but also deeply beautiful.

We’ve said yes and amen to this next chapter — even without knowing all the details. Sometimes obedience simply looks like doing the first right step in front of you, trusting that God will reveal the next one as you go.

Right now, that first step is to move.

And as we pack, I can feel it — the grace for this place has lifted. It no longer feels like home. That’s how you know a season has truly shifted.

But His plans are good. Always good.

“See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland.”
— Isaiah 43:19

Just as Ecclesiastes reminds us, “There is a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2)

It’s time to uproot and be replanted where He’s calling us next.

So, here we are — boxes everywhere, hearts expectant, faith stretched — ready to walk through the door He showed us.

We may not know what’s waiting on the other side, but we know Who goes before us.