March 10, 2013
There is a tale of two farmers who desperately needed rain. It was
already planting season, yet no single rain had fallen. They both went to God
to ask for rain. Farmer 1 started waking up very early each day to monitor the
sky in expectation of rain. He had a plan to cultivate the land and plant the
moment it rained.
Farmer 2 had a different approach. The moment he finished asking God
for the rain, he hired laborers to cultivate the land and even went ahead to
plant. On the day he finished planting, the rain came.
That man told the coach in the movie Facing The Giants “God will send
the rain, but you need to prepare to receive it.” God will bless you, but you
need to prepare to receive it. That’s
where faith comes in. It helps in preparing to receive one’s expectation(s).
Honestly, God is so much interested in your well being, but you have
to do your part for God to do His. Peter had to throw the net before catching
such number of fishes. Had he continued to complain to Jesus about how he has
been toiling all night without catching anything, he would still have caught
nothing.
Some of us are experiencing the opposite of our
desires because our actions are in opposite direction of our desires. Some of
us are like a man expecting a very important phone call and then decides to
switch off his cell phone. He sure is not ready for the call.
To show you are prepared for rain, you need to go
out with an umbrella. To prove you are prepared to receive from God, you must
act in the direction of your desire. You must be patient enough to trust God
even if your desire is not showing forth as at when expected. God can never be
late – know that!
Rain is coming. Abundance is around the corner.
Relief is a few yards away. Deliverance is just some few minutes away.
Breakthrough is about to happen.
I pray that every trace(s) of drought in your
life will disappear from this moment in Jesus Name. Amen!
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