“…and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.” – Ezekiel 34:26 (ESV)
God compared His blessing to the falling
rain. Not torrential rainfall, which may prove destructive but rather that type
of rain that is strangely comforting, that type of rainfall that makes you
revisit those carefree days of childhood, where at the first pitter-patter, you
were out the door, not willing to miss out on even one raindrop.
I believe that God is giving us a picture
of showers that prompt you to curl up on your bed or favourite chair under the
covers. A constant and measured shower of rain that’s soothing and refreshing
and curiously healing. Rainfall that encourages crops to grow and flowers to
bloom. Those rain showers that only bring benefits to the earth – the land and
its inhabitants.
So, you must realize that God could not be
referring to a mere drizzle, after all He is not stingy. He’s neither stingy
with the rain He sends to nourish the earth nor the showers of blessing He
sends to refresh His children. When God sends you a blessing, it’s enough to
keep and enough to give and some left over. Like when Jesus fed the five
thousand, it was more than enough and still had much more remaining.
God gives and gives, plenty, bountifully
and in great abundance. Psalm 68:9-10 says of God,
“You caused abundant rain to fall and restored your worn-out
land; your people made their home there; in your goodness You provided for the poor.” (GNT)
Oh yes, God’s blessing is always abundant
and always restores. He sends it as showers, showers of blessing.
Beloved, when we truly understand that it
is God’s desire to bless us, and we accept this truth and plant it in our hearts,
and not just leave it floating around in our heads, we will dwell in a state of
God’s showers of blessing, receiving from Him in every area of our lives, a
people well provided for.
Amen†
Shelley
Johnson “Showers of
Blessing” © 2017 revisited August 13, 2025
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