Rain

As I sit and look out the window at the rain I'm reminded of what God wants to do in our lives. I don't know what your summer was like where you live, but where I live there was little rain all summer long. Crops were burned up due to a lack of rain and extremely hot temperatures. The ground has been very dry and burn bans have been in effect. Now it is raining. It has rained over the course of the past few weeks often. This rain is needed for the ground. The farmers want the rain to come and the temperatures to remain up a little so that the grass will grow and their cattle will be fed. Hay is short this year and extremely expensive. This rain is needed so that new growth can happen and the dead can be turned back to life.

This is exactly what God wants to do in our lives. Often we go through times where we are dry. Often this is due to something we have done. Yet God is always right next to us wanting to bring the rain of the Holy Spirit to our life. The raining down of the Holy Spirit is available if we will just give up and let God have His way in our lives. We have to quit fighting God. Jesus tells Saul (Paul) that it is hard to kick against the goads. What Jesus is saying is that when we fight against Him we are the ones that get hurt. When we fight against God and the Holy Spirit's rain in our life ceases, we are the one that is hurt by the dryness.

Do you want the Holy Spirit to rain down in your life? Just ask Him today to come and rain down in your life. Allow God full access to all of who you are. Give God whatever He asks you to give to Him. You will find that the Holy Spirit will rain down in your life and you will be saturated by the presence and power of God in your life.