Ask For Rain
June 12th, 2015
Right after I had posted the poem "Light Shines" I felt led to review some of the "old words" from my website years ago. When I read this one I was amazed at how relevant it is for times we are now in. So I have posted it just as I wrote it then.
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October 17th, 1999
This afternoon church I went back home and went back to bed. As I often do when resting, I put in a portion of the Bible that I have on cassette and just 'soak' in the Word. I laid listening for a little while when the Holy Spirit got my attention with the following: Zechariah 10: 1 "Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field."
When I heard "latter rain" I immediately thought of Joel 2:23-24 "Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for He hath given you the former rain moderately, and He will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. And the floor shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil."
As the "rain" that we are to be praying for begins to fall, the Holy Spirit laid upon my heart that the current judgement that is now on the House of the Lord would intensify...
Zechariah 10:2-3a "For idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain; therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats..."
but also there would be changes for God's people...
Zechariah 10: 3b "for the Lord of hosts hath visited His flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as His goodly horse in the battle."
Division, strife, false teachers and false prophets will be exposed and either they will repent or be driven out...
Zechariah 10: 4 "Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together."
A new level of spiritual warfare, evangelism, and worship will be realized in the Church as a whole...
Zechariah 10: 5-7 "And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down there enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded. And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I AM the Lord their God and will hear them. And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine; yea their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the Lord."
But IT WILL NOT COME until we PRAY.
Joel 2: 17-19 "Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the alter, and let them say, 'Spare Thy people, O Lord, and give not Thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among their people, 'Where is their God?' THEN will the Lord be jealous for His land, and pity His people. Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto His people, 'Behold, I will send you corn, wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen.' "
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