Recently, I was sitting in my office working on my daily writings. I was alone, nothing major was happening, I was simply writing. I glanced over at my prayer wall when the Lord spoke to me. He said, "I am sending rain."
When He spoke those words, I could almost see and feel the rain falling in my office. Suddenly, I felt the tangible presence of God fill the room. It was awesome.
Rain and Blessings
I searched for the song "Let It Rain," and play it a few dozen times. Then I began to look up Scripture on when God sends rain. Each Scripture I found linked rain with blessings. Let's take a look at some of them:
1. Rain brings increase.
"Then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit." (Leviticus 26:4 ESV)
2. We must ask for rain.
"Ask rain from the Lord in the season of the spring rain, from the Lord who makes the storm clouds, and He will give them showers of rain, to everyone the vegetation in the field." (Zechariah 10:1 ESV)
3. Fruit comes with rain.
"Then he prayed again, and Heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit." (James 5:18 ESV)
4. Rain provides seed and bread.
"For as the rain and the snow come down from Heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater." (Isaiah 55:10 ESV)
5. Rain brings harvest.
"He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil." (Deuteronomy 11:14 ESV) (Photo via Unsplash)
6. Rain brings vindication.
"Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God, for He has given the early rain for your vindication; He has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before." (Joel 2:23 ESV) (Photo via Pexels)
7. Rain brings down righteousness and salvation or deliverance.
"Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit; let the earth cause them both to sprout; I the Lord have created it." (Isaiah 45:8 ESV)
8. Rain comes from His good treasury, bringing blessing.
"The Lord will open to you His good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow." (Deuteronomy 28:12 ESV)
9. Showers of blessing come through rain.
"And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing." (Ezekiel 34:26 ESV)
Each Scripture links rain with blessing, and GOD SAID, "I am sending rain."
Get Out Your Spiritual Umbrella
My friend, I want to leave you with one last verse—oh, I know, today's writing was different—but I strongly feel it is a word from the Lord.
How do we experience this rain? Ask for it. Expect it and do as this final Scripture says: "Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that He may come and rain righteousness upon you" (Hosea 10:12 ESV, italics added).
Seek the Lord, that He may rain righteousness upon you, upon you and your family. Seek the Lord and get out your spiritual umbrella; He is sending rain!
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Kim Potter
A New Thing Ministries
Email:Â Kim@anewthingministries.com
Website:Â www.anewthingministries.com
Kim Potter is the founder of A New Thing Ministries, which sends a daily teaching to over 10,000 people all around the world. Her articles have appeared on The Elijah List, Charisma, Spirit Fuel and iBelieve.com. Kim's message is one of hope. She speaks to the heart of those who have grown discouraged and disappointed by the circumstances of life and imparts the desire and ability to stand against all odds, to stand for victory. She encourages people to press into God and discover that He is who He says He is.
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