We have had some really steady (I refrained from using torrential) downpours, especially lately. I was talking with a friend of mine last night about the rain we were having. While it was not a downpour, it was a really cold rain. I can take the cold. I can take the rain. But, when the two combine, it makes it really miserable.
Most folks will carry an umbrella and take shelter beneath it when it rains; I am not one of those folks. I am the typical guy that figures I would rather get a little wet than to have to carry an umbrella. I mean, I will hold my wife's purse while she is trying on clothes but, and umbrella? Really?
Today's word comes from Deuteronomy 28:2, NIV, which reads, "All these blessings will come on you and accompany you IF you obey the LORD your GOD."
While torrential downpours can be miserable, GOD has tremendous blessings He desires to pour out on us but we have to do our part. There are always blessings and cursings; our obedience determines which of those we receive. If we are disobedient, it truly does feel as though it rains and pours. Now, bad things will happen to good people; we live in a broken and fallen world. However, GOD will bless those who are obedient to Him.
Yes, it is so often true that when it rains it most definitely pours. We can so often get caught in a torrential downpour that leaves us soaked to the core and shivering from the cold. Just as often, though, if we are obedient servants, we can be caught in a Heavenly downpour, where GOD is pouring out His blessings. For one of those we need an umbrella, for the other, let it pour.
Be Blessed,
Mickey T
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