Rain is underappreciated in Ohio, even viewed with disdain, but for those suffering a drought, rain is the most precious resource on earth. In desert regions rain is considered “nice weather”. It is a priceless resource, needed to sustain life. A land with an abundance of rain, such as a rain forest, will always be teeming with plant and animal life. In an area devoid of rain, like a desert, life will be scarce.
In a land suffering a drought, life is slowly being withered away. The Church today has been in a Spiritual drought for many years, even decades. We just don’t have revival like we used to. Where are the all night prayer meetings? Why do we squirm around when a preacher goes past 9:00, yet spend hours watching TV or playing on the internet? Everyone is caught up in his/her own entertainment and we have forgotten God. The rain is coming, but we must first prepare our hearts to receive it. If a farmer knows rain is on its way, he will prepare his farmland to receive it. Likewise, we need to prepare our hearts to receive the End Time Revival rain that is on the horizon.
The reason we don’t have revival like we used to is because we have become spoiled. We want a fifteen minute pattycake sermon to tickle our ears and tell us what good little boys and girls we are, and congratulate ourselves for having “the Truth”. We don’t want to hear about sin, about self sacrifice, about crucifying our flesh and being led by the Spirit. No one wants to hear about fasting, earnest horn grabbing prayer, and turning off the TV and computer and just getting a hold of God. We want to get our little taste of God for the day on Sunday then head off to McDonald’s and hurry to make it home before “The Game” starts. The Israelites never received rain until they decided they were going to give God ALL of themselves, and quit following Baal(the latest fad of the time), and in the meantime, the people had begun to starve to death.
The Church is slowly starving to death, and it’s time we decided to give God ALL of us, so our hearts will be prepared to receive the rain!!!
Once we’ve made this decision, we KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt the rain will be on its way. Even though Elijah’s servant said he saw nothing, Elijah refused to take no for an answer, and made him keep going back until he received what God had promised. We need to get to a point where when the doctor says we still have cancer, we say “Go again!”, when the banker says they’re foreclosing on our house, we say “Go again!”, when the devil says our kids are still lost, we say “Go again!”.
There is a down pour on the way, and when it comes it might just look like a little cloud at first, but when we see it we’ll know to say, “Get your umbrellas ready!” Umbrellas of course, for those who are made uncomfortable by the rain. It tends to do that to a lot of people, just like the Holy Ghost. The revival that is about to sweep this nation is going to make a lot of people uncomfortable. The revival that began on the day of pentecost made people uncomfortable. The Azusa Street revival made people uncomfortable. Well I don’t want another Pentecost or another Azusa Street, I want a revival that’s twice as powerful as pentecost, twice as powerful as Azusa Street.
We need a downpour of the holy Ghost like we’ve never needed before, and I don’t much care whether or not it makes you uncomfortable. The way I shout, or dance, or speak in tongues might make you uncomfortable, just like the rain might make you uncomfortable. Well, for someone who’s just been through the worst drought of their life, when the downpour finally soaks them, they’re not gonna care much whether or not it makes you uncomfortable. If someone has been saved from drugs, alcohol, addiction, depression, or has been healed in their body, or has seen loved ones come to an altar of repentance, they’re gonna get happy! They’re gonna shout, they’re gonna dance, they’re gonna clap, they’re gonna speak in tongues, and they’re not gonna much care how uncomfortable their happiness makes you!
There are seeds that lie dormant in the desert for years, just waiting for that one good soaking rain to come along, and when it does, the desert blossoms with the most beautiful flowers and plants you’ve ever seen. Just like a desert, God’s people are full of gifts He has given them, but most of them are lying dormant waiting for the rain of revival to bring them to life, but when it does, you are going to see the Church do things you never thought possible! Preachers, singers, musicians, teachers, prayer warriors are going to discover the gifts God has given them because the soaking downpour of revival has caused their dormant seeds to bloom!
Miracles, signs, wonders, healings, prophecies, mass salvations are all within reach if we give God ALL of us, prepare our hearts to receive revival, and then enjoy a good soaking downpour and watch the dry desert known as the Church Blossom into the most beautiful landscape on the planet. SEND DOWN THE RAIN LORD, SEND DOWN THE RAIN!
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