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A popular song in our churches is “ There shall be showers of blessings, This is the promise of love, There shall be seasons refreshing, Sent from the Saviour Above…”
Daniel Whittle composed the song in 1883.
That popular song remains evergreen.
A part of the song that every Christian believes is that showers of blessings come from above where our Heavenly Father dwells.
When we sing this song or pray that God releases showers of blessings, it is our way of asking the Lord to replace sorrow with joy.
However, we also know that there cannot be showers until the Heavens open up.
In other words, we are asking God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit to show up for us.
This season as the LORD lives, we shall testify to showers of blessings in Jesus name.
For whom should heaven open and why?
First let’s get it clear that Heavens do not open for everybody. You must desire it and work towards for the LORD to mercifully open the Heavens for you.
The one for whom the Heavens opens must have a relationship with Christ. Preferably be a born-again Christian. It’s the Ember months as we call the months of September, October, November and December. They signal the end of the year.
My prayer is that God in his mercy would spare our lives to see the end of year, joyfully in Jesus name.
In many first generation churches, it is harvest time. People go to churches with farm produce to thank God for a fruitful harvest. Baskets of fruits taken to these churches are products of seeds and the labor input of some people.
Brethren, the question now is, have you planted seeds? What is your input into your spiritual life?
In this case, we are not discussing farm inputs but spiritual in put. They include, your relationship with the LORD, your prayer life, worship of the God, services rendered to God, fasting etc.
Whatever is the challenge that one is going through; there may be no break-through without an input.
God is merciful. Indeed that is true but who is likely to receive mercy? From human point of view, it is the person who had put in something. Such a person is better placed than the one that has an attitude of Eli when young Samuel told him what the LORD intends to do following the unacceptable behavior of his sons in the house of God.
1st Samuel 3 vs. 18 ( NLT) “ So Samuel told Eli everything, he didn’t hold anything back. It is the Lord ’s will”, Eli replied , “ Let him do what he thinks best”.
Let’s look at the attitude of another person and the result he got.
Acts. 10 vs. 1- 4 ( KJV) : There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band.
A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave alms to the people, and prayed to God always.
He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God”.
The Holy Bible did not give details of what Cornelius prayed for but what we do know is that he had his prayer answered.
Brethren, God sent an angel to Cornelius at the ninth hour. This is the ninth month, I may not know what you have been praying for, may be children, marriage partner, marriage, promotion, healing , spiritual uplifting, etc., you are in the ninth month, may heavens open up for you in Jesus name.
Cornelius was recorded as someone that feared God, he prayed always, he gave alms to the poor.
He also fasted. Verses 30 & 31. It states: “ And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and behold a man stood before me in bright clothing.
And said, Cornelius, they prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God”.
Brethren, ask yourself, have you taken any of the steps that Cornelius took before he received from God?. If you are already taking a step, please take another or more steps.
If you have not, it is not too late.
The remaining days of this year could produce a miracle for you in Jesus name.
Choose your seeds and begin to plant it now. Begin to load the cloud of heaven with prayers, worship, fasting, thanksgiving or whatever God lays it in your heart to do.
It is a season of harvest. As you intensify the steps you have chosen, may God in his mercy grant your heart’s desires.
You may have been worried about the events of the last eight months, don’t worry anymore.
Begin to see the last eight months as the end of your worries.
Joyfully prepare for the harvest and it would show up when you least expected.
The period of worry according to the Holy Bible is the night . The night usually dark with no visibility but the morning must surely come when darkness would be gone and visibility very clear.
Be strong. Do not be bugged down by worries these ‘ ember’ months. Rather, begin to see them as the months of Remembrance.
Genesis 30 vs. 22-23: “ And God remembered Rachael, and God harkened to her , and opened her womb. And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach”.
Beloved sister and brother, may the LORD harken unto you this season in Jesus name.
God gave Rachael a child that he (God ) loved from the womb. You know how Joseph was favoured throughout his life. Though he had thorns placed on the route to his success by his siblings, he favour of God never failed to show up for him.
The Bible tells us that showers of blessing are the promise of God.
Let’s see the words of God to Prophet Ezekiel when he told the man of God about HE the shepherd and his flock.
Ezekiel 34 vs. 26-28: “ And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessings.
And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid”.
Brethren, did you get the message here?
God has given an assurance that you will bear children. The earth personified is your womb that would yield increase. In other words, the one that was called barren shall be blessed with children.
If you have been a victim of the forces of darkness in any way or your case has defied medical solutions, God has promised to set you free.
An assurance is given in the passage that not only would God set you free, you will no more be frightened by the forces of darkness.
Let’s lift our faith up with one or two testimonies.
Recently, a woman gave a testimony of the showers of blessings in her life.
She had been waiting on the Lord for seven years . According to her, they were seven years of weeping but God visited her with showers of blessings.
The LORD gave her four girls. Quadruplets.
With only one pregnancy, she gave birth to four girls. Isn’t God marvelous?
She delivered in one day what would take others a minimum of eight years to achieve.
What would one call that if not showers of blessings?
Yours would not elude you this season in Jesus name.
Get set for the showers of blessing make your input and go the extra mile.
There was also the testimony of a lady that got married at the age of 56.
She didn’t give up on God and God didn’t give up on her.
Brethren, stop lamenting, prepare for the showers of blessings.
This year would end to your benefit in Jesus name.
It is well.
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