Walk in the Refreshing Latter Rain

February 24

The love the Lord our God has for us is a treasure that we hold in earthen vessels. We are sometimes so preoccupied with the things of time, the things that are esteemed of earth, that we fail to recognize and appropriate the wondrous things our Savior has sacrificed Himself to attain for us.

If we will but turn our hearts and minds heavenward and allow the Spirit of God to reveal to us the bounty that is at our disposal, we will live lives that are abundant and we will walk in the refreshing latter rain that is to come before the culmination of all things that are merely temporal.

Why should we cultivate this kind of hope within our bosom? Why should we position ourselves to anticipate the extraordinary, the miraculous, in our day-to-day existence? Aren’t we setting ourselves up for disappointment when we claim the best, the most lavish of the promises that are set forth in the Bible?

In fact, we are not, for we have an assurance from God that should dispel our fear of having our hope dashed. In II Corinthians 6:18 Paul writes these words, “I will be a Father to you and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.” We are beloved children of our God and it is His desire to place all His treasure in our hand.