Showers and Powers of Blessings

UV 3386/10000 Showers and Powers of Blessings
I will make them and the places around My hill ( Jerusalem, Zion) a blessing. And I will make showers come down in their season; there will be (abundant) showers of blessing (divine favour).

Ezekiel 34 v 26


Often, we go out with an umbrella into the shower of blessings the Lord sends upon us. The Lord has promised in this uni-verse that He will make His flock of the faithful a blessing and that He would send abundant showers of blessing upon them. He will send us the spring or early rain as well as the latter rain or the blessings of our later days. We should drink upon His blessings to our fill. We should get soaked in His grace or favour. As we do, He will raise us up as His hill, the symbol or signboard pointing the way to the kingdom of heaven. When we live on the earth as If it is the kingdom of God, we are prepared and ready to enter the kingdom of Heaven.

Just as the rain penetrates the soil and reaches the depths to constitute underground rivers, pools and streams of ground water, the blessings of the Lord should penetrate our souls and cause it to be fertile soil for His seed to grow. We need a growth mind set and not set minds. With a growth mind set, we are ever willing to learn from the Teacher, the Holy Spirit. If He points out something negative, we should be willing to give it up for it is not the real “you” or “me”. These are weeds sown by the enemy in our fallen nature which unnoticed and unattended will overgrow the good seed of the Lord. Hence, we should not hold onto these, defend it or feed it but take divine or human feedback and just give it up.

We should not only count our blessings but also make our blessings count. Just as we harvest rain water to tide over periods of low or no rainfall, we should collect and conserve the blessings of the Lord as something precious and not allow it to drain off. When we recount the many mercies and grace that we have been recipients of, we would be filled with joy, praise and thanksgiving. Scripture says that this is what the kingdom of God is. It will nourish any dry root in us and cause us to grow splendidly, beautifully and bear much spiritual fruit for the glory of the Lord.