Rain Brings Growth & Renewal~    By C D Swanson

 

 

 

“Into every life a little rain must and will fall.”  Thus the saying about life and challenges and hardship.  There are storms that will lurk literally and figuratively throughout our lives. And, sometimes — a life challenge will require enormous strength in order to get through it.  Strength, that as humans we cannot achieve were it not for the Holy Spirit who provides the supernatural fundamentals in order for us to achieve and survive each storm we encounter.

Jesus Christ and His power is released when we acknowledge our weakness and submit to Him and accept His help.  When we surrender, we can and will endure suffering and adversity while maintaining and preserving internal joy and His perfect peace.

When the ground is extremely dry you can see virtual cracks in the foundation.  When we strive to do things on our own it’s our “foundation” that’ll crack and dry up. We need the life force of our Lord to keep it from crumbling around us. Our souls are like the soil…we need to keep it watered and nourished. We need His living water to sustain and nourish our souls.

When the sun comes out after a storm…the aftermath is serene, tranquil,  a sight to behold.  Dew seemingly sparkles like diamonds on the leaves of trees, on the grass, and on the flowers. A rainbow oft times will be present to further declare the power of God and His love.

We’ll all go through times of grief, sorrow and valleys of woe.  It’s faith and His love that’ll provide the ability to catapult over the hurdles thrust in our paths.  It’s His strength that’ll  pick us up when we are weak, it’s His hands of grace that’ll wipe our tears away and replace it with gladness and joy. He will deliver us from the suffocating grief or depressive circumstances we’re going through. He defeated death for us to give us eternal life. He raises us up at all times as we exalt Him and love Him and trust Him.

Turn to Him every day, acknowledge His greatness, and give Him continuous praise and glory. Seek His face daily, and accept Him openly. God doesn’t promise that we won’t experience sadness and loss or hard times…but He does promise that He’ll uphold us with His right hand of righteousness, and He will bring us through it each and every single time.

The result?  The ability to be a vessel for the Lord as we attempt to soothe others as they’re going through similar circumstances we went through. All the while glorfying God and giving Him the victory…

 

 

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19)

But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;                 (2 Corinthians 1:9-10)

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.   (Proverbs 3:5-6)