"I believe that you will come, like the rain.
I believe that you will come like the rain.
You'll come like the rain,
You'll come like the rain."
Ok, so confession time, I have always sang this song knowing that it was a great worship song and I believed that He[God] would come like the rain. I just imagined it being His love covering us, overwhelming us with His love, mercy, grace, and joy. But I never really took time to really know or understand the importance of God coming to us like the rain.
Last night, Friday, March 4, I partook in my friends' prayer meeting at their church. I was not expecting to be moved in such a way, or expected to learn so much. Oh man. That song came on and I prayed it over that prayer room. Then it hit me, I didn't know why it's so important that God comes like the rain. So here's word for word what is written in my journal entry for Friday, March 4th.
"Lord, I pray that You would come like the rain.
Lord I was just wondering what it meant for You to come like the rain. And why it's so important that you come like the rain.
Crops need rain to grow. All rivers and streams are dependent on rain or else a cycle would be dead. Life is dependent on rain or water. Even some cities are dependent on water or rain to survive as a civilization.
If you are like rain then we are like crops that need moisture (your word) to grow. If we are the rivers and streams then we need your rain to keep us flowing Lord. If we arent moving and flwoing the more the stuff in us die out.
Lord this is beautiful. I pray you would come rain in my life. You're so great Lord. Thanks for that revelation in my life. I love it when I understand a new way, a new part of you. Lord you are great. Your love is so high, so deep, so wide that I will seem to never be able to comprehend it or all of you."
Then tonight, March 5th, our teacher just basically reconfirmed all that I just said... except... he pulled Moses into all of this. Remember that story of Moses when he's in the desert and the people are all like, I am so thirsty. The Lord tells Moses to hit that rock with his staff and the water comes out. Now tell me you've never thought that, that story would relate to Jesus... it absolutely does! Whose the rock? Jesus. When the soldiers pierced his side, what came out? Water. What did Jesus tell the lady at the well about? Living water. Our body needs what to survive? It needs water. Jesus is that living water, he is what we need to survive. Woa, right. Oh man! I just love that study.
Next time it rains, maybe you'll think about the Lord coming to us like the rain. I pray that when it does rain, that you would pray for raining over your life or where ever you are at.
