I have a smart phone with the weather app on it and when
I open the app up comes the latest story....RAIN. When I turn on the national news
the big story is the RAIN. Upon waking up this morning, we hear the RAIN as it
engulfs us! For us, even though we need the rain it is problematic. With the
rain usually comes thunder and lightning. And our 130 lb. chocolate lab looks
like a beast but is totally undone by rain, thunder, and lightning. So the
rain, in this season of our lives is met with mixed feelings. Since last night
it has rained and rained and rained.
Today, though, I was thinking about rain in a totally
different way. The Lord brought this verse to me during my prayer time..."Rain
down, you heavens from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let
the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness
spring up together; I the Lord have created it." Isaiah 45:8. God
is commanding blessings to fall upon his people and he is beseeching his
people....us...to willingly and gratefully receive them and to walk worthy
of the blessings he rains upon us. What God is illustrating in these words are
the righteousness and salvation poured out upon us by the grace of God, God's
righteous and gracious acts, done for us and the blessings that come with that
righteousness shall be as many and stellar as if he rained them down from
heaven. And the holiness that we strive for should be proportionate to the
privileges, advantages, and blessings that our God has gladly rained
down upon us.
With all the mixed feelings that come from a day, days
or even a week of rain, this scripture to
me, is like a break in the clouds and a rainbow streaming across the
sky....again from our God, our Father, promises of hope, grace, and love. Thank
you Father for the rains of righteousness that you pour down upon us from the
heavens!
"then
I shall give you rains in their season, so that the land will yield its produce
and the trees of the field will bear their fruit." Leviticus 26:4
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