Me:  Prodigal, what are you doing standing outside in the rain?

 

Prodigal:  I was taking a walk and it started to rain on me.  But rain is a good thing it helps plants to grow.

 

Me:  That is true, lets go inside and then I can share another devotion from some one who was looking for rain.

 

Faye is a missionary in Africa shared this experience in the book Voices of the Faithful

 

The grass withered in the hot sun.  Water hoes and riverbeds were dry and cracked.  Animals were dying from starvation and thirst.  People would be next.  In desperation, villagers were digging deep holes in the riverbeds in search of water.  Everyone knew that rain was needed, but it was not the rainy season.

It was decided that villagers from all over should conduct a “rain dance”  to plead with the “rain god” and the ancestors to send rain.  One new believer in Jesus consulted the missionary who lived in their village.  “Pastor, what should we do?”  she asked.  “Some people want to pray to the “rain god.”

“Let’s review some of the characteristics of God,”  the missionary suggested.  “The true God controls all things.  God is all-powerful and omniscient.  He knows we need rain.  I believe God is waiting for us to ask Him.  Let’s put our faith in God and pray to Him.  Let’s ask God for rain.”

That night, the small group of believers prayed earnestly for rain.  Before the witch doctors could arrange a proper “rain dance”, the rains came out of season.  It rained for a week!  The young woman later testified, “I told my father that the pastor led us in prayer for rain.  When it rained, my father said that he could see that Jesus had great power.  I explained to him that God is the most powerful of all!”

 

I don’t think you need rain right now ,but you have another drought and that one is causing you stress.  God wants you to start with not asking the experts but going to Him in prayer.  Who knows how the Lord will choose to answer!

 

John 14:13

And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

 

Jennifer Van Allen,

 

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