Rain
Posted by Pastor Jo
Let us now fear the LORD our God, who gives rain in its season, both the autumn rain and the spring rain, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.” Jer. 5:24
I recently came across a verse which has really fascinated me. I have probably read this verse many times before but it has only recently dawned on me that it goes deeper than what I had initially thought. I thought this verse was just conveying that God is the Creator of the universe, therefore, deserves our reverence/fear and that it is God who in His eternal power and divine nature has the ability to control the forces of nature, which reveals His glory. While this is absolutely true, I have discovered another layer that I wanted to share with everyone.
I have always dreamed of being a farmer. And I hope to become one someday. Anyhow, what I discovered was that farmers and people who work the land wait for two seasons of rain, the autumn rain and the spring rain. Both rains come to usher in a new season of harvest and fruitfulness. Both rains bring a time of refreshing and promise of healing. Both rains bring new life! When the land is dried and cracked from of the scorching summer heat, the autumn rain brings healing and refreshment to that fractured ground. When the land is hard and frozen from the chilling winter frost, the spring rain brings healing and refreshment.
Maybe some of us feel that our faith has grown cold or that our heart has grown hardened. Or maybe others of us feel that we are walking in the desert or that we have been burned before. If so…a time of refreshing is coming! The promise of healing is on the horizon! A new season of harvest and fruitfulness is close at hand! The autumn rain and the spring rain is coming! Let us wait…
