Mensa Otabil - An Outpouring of God's Blessings
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God blesses us in many ways, and in Ezekiel 34:26, He says, «I’ll make them and the places all around My hill a blessing, and I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing.»
Many of us are familiar with the last phrase, «there shall be showers of blessing.» There is a whole hymn with that chorus repeated many times. Now, ancient Israel was an agrarian society. That means they lived on the land, taking care of their animals and flocks. The imagery of a farmer with his crops and a shepherd with sheep runs very often in the Bible because that is how people related to life. That is how God presents Himself with those images to remind them of things they can relate to and work with. Here, God says that He will make them a blessing. How is He going to make them a blessing? He says He will send them showers of blessing.
Showers of blessing. Rain comes in many ways; it can come as a thunderstorm, which is what we experience much in this part of the world, and sometimes it creates floods. That which is supposed to be a blessing can cause so much havoc that people lose their homes. But showers are very soft, and they come gently; they still make the plants grow, but they don’t disturb the soil, and they don’t uproot trees or destroy people’s homes. God says, «I’m going to bless you,» but in this blessing, there will be showers. In other words, the blessing of God is going to come softly, gently, and targeted to specific areas of your life.
So when He says that He’s going to give you showers, don’t expect abundance all of a sudden, that your barns will be overflowing. There are indeed blessings of God like that, but many times, the blessings of God are showers. He sends you a soft reminder of His presence, of His goodness, of His love, of His mercy, and it just falls gently on you. It gives you the opportunity to grow and to blossom, and all of a sudden, things begin to work in your life. There’s nothing violent happening, but a gentle outpouring of God’s mercy.
May the Lord send you showers of blessing. May His blessings fall softly upon you, and may His goodness fall softly upon you, that it will drench you without you knowing that you are saturated with blessing. The second thing God says about the showers of blessing is that they will fall in the right season. You know, there’s nothing like rain in the wrong season. The rain has to fall in the right season; the showers must come at the right time. Otherwise, what was supposed to be a blessing can be a disaster. If it’s harvest time and you want your corn to dry and it rains, it doesn’t help your corn; in fact, it can get rotten. So God says, «I’m going to send you those showers of blessing in the right season, at the right time when you need it. I will gently pour My grace upon you. I will gently pour My blessing upon you. I will gently guide you.»
That’s one of the things we have to trust God for, that even when we don’t seem to be aware, when there doesn’t seem to be much happening, a lot is happening. When we don’t seem to see it, He’s doing it. God doesn’t want us to see Him doing it before we recognize that He’s doing it. He’s doing it in a gentle way, in a quiet way. You may not see it, so as you go about your day, receive the showers of blessing, receive God’s mercy, receive God’s love, receive the showers of guidance, receive the showers of favor. It may not be somebody giving you something very big at a time, but little by little, here a little, there a little, all those blessings add up, and you are soaked in the goodness of the Lord. May the Lord cause you to overflow in the showers of His blessing.
Let us pray. Say with me, «Heavenly Father, I thank You for the showers of blessing You have sent to me in the right season. In Jesus' name, amen and amen.»