Recently, I was thanking God for not withholding things from me, such as His love, mercy, healing, power, strength, etc... All these wonderful things that we are so thankful for are poured over us and given to us from His hand - only we have to be open to receive them, right?
As I was thinking about it, in my mind I could see all these things "raining" down over us and we were standing with open arms (and hearts) to receive them. Then I thought of how, in the natural, when it's raining we automatically want to grab our umbrellas because we don't want to get wet. However, in the spiritual, who wants an umbrella or other barrier up when God is raining down all these wonderful gifts on us? We want to be completely saturated by those things and by His Spirit!
We sing the song "Rain Down" and ask God to open up the heavens and rain down on us. And in reply He says, "Look up! I already have! Receive the blessings I've given you!"
Are you standing under an umbrella waiting for God's blessings? Or are you standing in the deluge, soaking up every drop?
