Healing Rain

FaithWalkDaily, September 12, 2008

May you experience the love of Christ ... Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
~ Ephesians 3:19, NLT

Holy Spirit, grant me the heart and the words to honor holy God today.

The point of this blog, the point of my journal, is to examine random Scripture, verse by verse, as the Holy Spirit uses it to speak to my soul.

My testimony is one of miraculous transformation. I was like Paul in that I persecuted "the church" in general , shunning all formal or organized religion. My "road to Damascus" was actually in a church. And when that moment came, the Holy Spirit flooded me - I bought in to the whole program for life in an instant. There has been a constant thirst for more of the Word, for knowledge of God, and a desire to grow closer every day.

I have experienced the love of Christ daily since I turned to Jesus in November 1994. I have been filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God. He moves in me and captivates me like nothing else can.

There are times when it rains fire from heaven and I just want to run away. I don't want to do this anymore. Being obedient to Christ is often a rugged, uphill climb and I just want to lay down and sleep forever.

Just when I think I cannot go another step, the healing rain begins to fall. Living water flows from heaven, soothes my weary spirit, refreshes my soul and gives me the energy to go on.

As I watched pregnant clouds open to release a cooling shower this morning, it was a sweet reminder to me that all the pains of yesterday are simply washed away. I start new and fresh every morning, take the yoke of Jesus and trudge on.

Thank You sweet Savior that You carry the load with me. Thank You for healing rain to soothe my shattered spirit. Thank You for what You suffered that was far worse than anything I could ever expect to face, so that I can be free, so I can come into the presence of holy God, and have received the Holy Spirit to direct me always. I welcome Your living water that pours into me so that I might pour out the heart of Christ into the world around me. In Your matchless name I pray, amen.