RAIN DOWN

Headed up the hill excited to see what the fall foliage would bring us.  The leaves usually dance with a variety of colors from gold, yellow, red and orange.  Beautiful just like glistening gems on stems.  This year, disappointment, no vibrant colors only shades of burnt red and brown.  Why?  No rain.  Drought.  Dry and dusty.  As we drove Katie would point out one tree in the midst of hundreds that somehow was a flaming red, but most muted and dry. 

Have you had enough rain?  Are you showing your vibrant colors or are you dried up and withered?  Are you covered with dust?

What you need is a good rain.  You need a downpour of the Holy Spirit on you.  How do you receive this shower?  You open yourself up for the Holy Spirit to dwell within you.

The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity.  When we accept Christ as our personal Savior the Holy Spirit gives us the life of God.  The Holy Spirit takes up residence in our hearts.  It becomes that small voice that we hear to push us towards the positive.  We gain those nudges from the Holy Spirit to press on, to give and to love.  God’s presence is within us because of the Holy Spirit. 

When we give us to the Holy Spirit our lives will be changed.  It takes our dead soul created by sin and delivers us through the metamorphosis of new life.  It is because of this that we have a different outlook on life.  We understand and apply scripture, we enrich our lives with prayer, and we yield to Christ and share the fruits of the Spirit. 

Dust off your sandals and allow the Lord to drench you with His love, His promise and His strength. It is through Him that we will gain a new life of love, a new life of relationships and a new life full of service for the Lord. 

Be drenched with the downpour of the Holy Spirit.  Take on the vibrant and brilliant colors the Holy Spirit ingests in you and become the gem on the stem of the Lord!

 Rain down, rain down, rain down your love on your people!