Anonymity - “the condition of being anonymous.”
Anonymous (Merriam-Webster) - “not named/unidentified.”
1. Anonymous Seasons Require Faith
Hebrews 11 NASB1995
1-2 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the men of old gained approval.
James 1 NKJV
2-3 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.
Our faith is a gift that is transformed and grown by the power of God.
Romans 12:3 NASB1995
3 For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.
The amount of faith that you operate in is directly proportional to the revelation knowledge that you have of God through His Word.
James 1 NASB1995
2-3 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
2. Anonymous Seasons Require Endurance
James 1 NASB1995
4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”
Isaiah 55 NASB1995
8-9 For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
3. Anonymous Seasons Are a Gift (Development)
Luke 4:1-14 NASB1995
4 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry. 3 And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” 4 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
5 And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said to Him, “I will give You all this domain and its glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. 7 Therefore if You worship before me, it shall all be Yours.” 8 Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
9 And he led Him to Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here;
10 for it is written, ‘He will command His angels concerning You to guard You,’
11 and, ‘On their hands they will bear You up, So that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
12 And Jesus answered and said to him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
13 When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.
14 And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread through all the surrounding district.
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