Rain
We have just come through a dry season in our part of the country. The rain was a welcome sight when it came. It brought refreshing even to the air. The grass turned green again. The flowers perked up. The leaves on the trees were no longer drooping. Rain is necessary for the life of the plants. They cannot survive without water.
Even so, we cannot survive without the washing of the water of the Word, without the rain of His Spirit upon us. The Spirit of God brings a refreshing to us and a welcome growth. His Word waters our spirit with a refreshing like nothing else we can read or speak.
In Isaiah 58, when the scripture was referring to fasting and doing what is right for others, verse 11 refers to the results of our doing what the Lord asks us to do for others. In the Amplified Bible we read this verse as follows: “And the Lord shall guide you continually and satisfy you in drought and in dry places and make strong your bones. And you shall be like a watered garden and like a spring of water whose waters fail not.”
When a person feels dry or like a drought is coming in his or her life, it can usually be traced to one thing---he has not been spending time with the Lord in His Word and waiting in the presence of the Holy Spirit, We are told that the Word of God washes us like water. (Eph. 5:26)
So many times I have heard people say that they are going through a dry spell. That is a Christian phrase that never should be in the life of a child of God. If we sense that the Presence of the Lord is not as sweet as it was, then we have moved away from Him; He has not moved away from us. Troubles have overtaken us and problems have overwhelmed us to the point that we are not allowing the power of His Presence to overtake us.
There are times when we have to just about literally take ourselves by the ear and sit ourselves down and say: Self, you are going to rejoice in the Lord. You are going to read the Word. You are going to speak your scriptures. You are going to praise and worship the Lord. And before long, that wonderful sense of His Presence is there again. It is a choice we must make, sometimes a daily choice. Yes, even sometimes it is a minute-by-minute choice.
In this life, it is all about choices we make every day. Our choices determine not only our destiny, but also our daily well-being. You and I make a choice to rejoice in sorrow. We make a choice to consider not a situation or circumstance that is screaming you’re not going to make it. We make a choice to make time for Him. We make the choices ourselves. God is always there with the rain of His Presence. Whether we access the rain is our choice. The clouds of His Glory have gathered the fullness of the rain of His Presence. Whether those clouds dump rain on us is determined by whether we stand in our place of worship and are not moved off our position of trusting Him (faith) for everything in our lives.
Even so, we cannot survive without the washing of the water of the Word, without the rain of His Spirit upon us. The Spirit of God brings a refreshing to us and a welcome growth. His Word waters our spirit with a refreshing like nothing else we can read or speak.
In Isaiah 58, when the scripture was referring to fasting and doing what is right for others, verse 11 refers to the results of our doing what the Lord asks us to do for others. In the Amplified Bible we read this verse as follows: “And the Lord shall guide you continually and satisfy you in drought and in dry places and make strong your bones. And you shall be like a watered garden and like a spring of water whose waters fail not.”
When a person feels dry or like a drought is coming in his or her life, it can usually be traced to one thing---he has not been spending time with the Lord in His Word and waiting in the presence of the Holy Spirit, We are told that the Word of God washes us like water. (Eph. 5:26)
So many times I have heard people say that they are going through a dry spell. That is a Christian phrase that never should be in the life of a child of God. If we sense that the Presence of the Lord is not as sweet as it was, then we have moved away from Him; He has not moved away from us. Troubles have overtaken us and problems have overwhelmed us to the point that we are not allowing the power of His Presence to overtake us.
There are times when we have to just about literally take ourselves by the ear and sit ourselves down and say: Self, you are going to rejoice in the Lord. You are going to read the Word. You are going to speak your scriptures. You are going to praise and worship the Lord. And before long, that wonderful sense of His Presence is there again. It is a choice we must make, sometimes a daily choice. Yes, even sometimes it is a minute-by-minute choice.
In this life, it is all about choices we make every day. Our choices determine not only our destiny, but also our daily well-being. You and I make a choice to rejoice in sorrow. We make a choice to consider not a situation or circumstance that is screaming you’re not going to make it. We make a choice to make time for Him. We make the choices ourselves. God is always there with the rain of His Presence. Whether we access the rain is our choice. The clouds of His Glory have gathered the fullness of the rain of His Presence. Whether those clouds dump rain on us is determined by whether we stand in our place of worship and are not moved off our position of trusting Him (faith) for everything in our lives.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 6:17 AM
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