Abundant Rain

Deuteronomy 32:2 NIV: Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.

There are a great many things we hope to grow into, or hope to grow up to be, or hope to keep growing toward. We are like the plants that seek the dew and showers. Blessed are those who seek to remain in Christ as a branch connected to the Vine. We will certainly be filled and we will grow and will prosper. As we grow, a wonderful thing happens. We become less concerned about looking inward. We become less occupied with our own personal spiritual development and we begin to concern ourselves with the needs of others. Our hearts turn toward being ministers of God´s grace, stewards of His word, ready in season and out of season to give an account of the hope we have in Him. We look around at those who need and we pray that through us, a little rain might fall-the kind of rain that nurtures spiritual growth in others. Consider for a moment, the prosperity of life when your heart becomes like Christ´s, being outward focused, and ready to be poured out into the lives of others. That is the measure of true prosperity.

written by Randy Chamber