Are You Looking for Rain?

I had a visitor in my garden this morning. I was out in the cool fresh morning air, showering all my thirsty plants. I was standing very still, relishing the quiet and the sounds of nature, when I was delightfully surprised by this little finch that came very close in the bush I was watering.

It seemed totally oblivious of me. It hopped onto the sand and proceeded to flutter its wings and preen itself in the light shower right there before my eyes. It mesmerized me!

My mind immediately thought about the songs we sing… "Send your rain, oh Lord…" "…Like the spring rain, watering the earth…" "…Holy Spirit rain down…" "…Rain down, can you hear the earth is singing, rain down, my heart is dry but I'm still singing…" "…bring rivers in this wasteland, clouds into this sky; bring springs of life into the wells that have been run dry…" – you get the idea…

Then I heard it. The still small voice that said… Are you looking for the rain?

Then I remembered that last night I was babysitting my grandchildren only 6.69 miles away from my house. During the evening it rained gloriously for about an hour. I remember thinking how glad I was for the rain, picturing my own garden and lawn just those few short miles away also getting a soaking. Well, when I got home later, everything was bone dry! Incredibly, there had been NO rain!!!

All my life I have glossed right over words like the ones we sing in those songs… sooo taking them for granted… But this morning, it actually sank in.

Just like that little bird took the opportunity to get into the "rain", that's what we have to do with the spiritual rain that God sends to quench our thirsty souls. We have to put ourselves in the right places, and get ourselves into the right way of living, in order to find ourselves in those rain showers with which He blesses His children.

Have you found yourself in the blessing of His rain recently?

More scriptures on rain (The Message): Jeremiah 5:20–25; Psalm 126:4–6; James 5:16–18; Isaiah 30:23–26; Psalm 143:3–6; Psalm 72:1–8; Matthew 5:43–47; Proverbs 25:14; Proverbs 26:1