I was with a good friend of mine the other day (KJ) and she said, “Have you noticed the early fall we are experiencing right now, the season has changed early.” I gave her a high five and said, girl, yes it has. We are in a change of season and it has come early. The season has changed and we must change with the season. We both shouted, and thanked God for the early season change. But what has changed, what season were we in and what one are we entering into?

I was reading Psalm 137 this morning and it says, “By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our lyres. For there our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

In America we have a tree called a weeping willow. As I read this verse I immediately saw this huge weeping willow tree that was on the corner in the neighborhood of my parent’s house in Minnesota. This tree was huge, and all the leaves and branches hung so low they almost touched the ground. We call it in America a weeping willow, so when I read this verse, I realized where we got that name from. Israel was weeping under the willows in Babylon, where they hung their harps.

As this image of this tree is in my head, the Holy Spirit speaks to me and says, “The season change is an invitation for people to come out from under the weeping willow and to sit under the palm tree of Deborah.” Deborah is a judge in Israel according to Judges 4:4-5, who used to sit under a palm tree and make her judgments for Israel. Then the Holy Spirit said, “From the weeping willows of Babylonian captivity to the palm tree of Deborah, the fruits of justice, it is time to come out from under one and sit under another. For I am turning your mourning into dancing and giving you the oil of joy for the spirit of heaviness” (Psalm 30:11).

Where you sit matters! Access out of the weeping willows of Babylonian captivity is available, and entrance into the palm tree of Deborah and the fruits of justice is open. It is time to switch the tree under which you sit.