All tagged rain

Princes, Principalities, and the Harbinger of Mercy

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Faith in the Rain

As Christians do we fret over the condition of our country and this world? Do we wring our hands and cry out, “Lord! Lord! look at what is being done and the harm that is occurring to your people!”? Well, if we do this, then we must stop! Ours is to trust in Him who created all things, and to leave princes and principalities to their vices because it was He who established and will deal with them. We are like the grass that covers the earth. We may brown with the drought, but we should have faith in the promised rain. The trees will wither and die, but the green grass of Christ returns with the renewing rain, and as for the dark clouds and lightning on the horizon? Why they are merely the harbingers of God’s coming promise and mercy.

Clouds… Wispy, Dark, and God

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Clouds And God

Are there clouds in your life, and if so, what do they look like? Are they the big billowy white ones that we typically see on a bright summer day? How about the thin wispy ones that stretch out as if forever? Or are they the dark churning clouds that tower into the sky and are filled with lightning and ominous rolls of thunder? God is in the clouds, all clouds, and how does He come to you in them today?

Eternity in the Rain, and the Dew

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Spiritual Dew

When I was making a garden with my father-in-law, there were days when we would pray for rain, because we knew that if our plants went without it for any period of time they would wither and die. The ground needed a good drink to replenish itself, but our plants could sustain themselves between the rains if they received a heavy dew. This is true of our spiritual growth as well. We need regular rains to replenish the spiritual soil in which our souls grow strong, and thrive, but if we gather nightly dew we can sustain ourselves until the rains fall on us again... until the Holy Spirit falls full upon us and glorifies the Lord.