Late Rains

The endless bounty of God's word is so incredibly amazing to me!  Yes, I know that I am extremely redundant!  But I just can't speak enough about it.   I'll be reading a passage for one reason when POW! out of the blue, I'll be prompted by the Holy Spirit about a word, a phrase, a sentence or a whole chapter, that is about something else entirely.

This happened to me last week as I went to the book of James, chapter five, verses seven and eight.  I went there to read a quick verse about patience when God gave me some encouragement.  We all have people in our lives who press on our hearts moment by moment in regard to their spiritual understanding.  One such person in my life whom I was not thinking about at the time immediately came to my mind as I read verse seven:  "Therefore, be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord.  The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains."

My person, whom I love and desire for them to see their need for Christ, received early rain.   But just because they have not come to the place where they see their need MUST NOT cause me despair.  The verse tells me: be patient, the coming of the Lord is not here right now, it's still coming.  Again that one verse gives another admonition toward patience with an example of "the farmer" who "waits"for both the early and late rains!   Late rains!!  I will, by the strength of the Spirit wait for that "precious produce" after the late rains come!  Praise God for the richness of His word.