RAIN vs. REIGN
As I sit here watching the RAIN come down, I started to think of all the things it’s is useful for. The first thing that pops into my head is that farmer who is cultivating the crops that we are going to buy from a store one day. I also think of the skies that are constantly filled with smog, but through the cleansing of the RAIN we are able to see clear and fresh skies. Wikipedia defines RAIN as: “moisture, condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops”.
There are so many other purposes RAIN is useful for. For the person who hates washing their car, you get a free car wash. For those of us who are always forgetting to water the lawn, this helps us out for a while. It definitely makes the skier happy, which in turn makes the resort workers happy, which ultimately refills our lakes and aqueducts, which then services our daily and physical needs and then ultimately quenches our thirst (water). Many times we take RAIN for granted or not even worry if it RAINS or not.
Being here in California, every year we go through fire season and if no RAIN has adequately fed those hillsides, the vegetation dries up and lacks the moisture in order to stand up to the heat or wind that causes fire. As I look outside my window, I am looking at one negative thing RAIN brings and that is weeds. These are weeds that wouldn’t normally come out with a daily/regular watering of the lawn; a drenching of RAIN throughout the lawn causes this. RAIN is so important to our very existence when we stop and think about all the things it does for us.
This leads me to another type of RAIN, but this one is spelled REIGN. Wikipedia defines REIGN as: “hold royal office, rule as king, no time limit exists on REIGNS “. This REIGN is as equal if not more important when it comes to our life journey, both in a spiritual and physical aspect. REIGN, in simple terms means that some one or something is ruling over you. Many times we think that having someone rule over us is a bad thing, but in this case it is the BEST thing. John 3:16 states: “For God so loved the world (that’s you), that He gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have everlasting life”. That is someone I want to REIGN over my life.
Many think He is a deity watching and waiting for us to mess up so He can hit us with a stick, that is not the case, He is waiting for us to call on Him so that He may REIGN in our/your life. I think of my years as a follower of Christ allowing Him to REIGN over my life and how that has been an awesome experience, many blessings but also many challenging life experiences. Allowing Christ to REIGN in my life has allowed me to grow and learn about the way He views them and not how I want to see them. Allowing Christ to REIGN in our lives gets rid of all the junk that needs to be washed away, after years of build up, then comes a sense of freedom. Yes, there will still be stress at the work place, financial struggles, family issues as well as personal issues that we see as bad, but when He REIGNS in your life there is a peace that passes all understanding and the assurance that He will give us the strength to carry on. We know that when we allow Him to REIGN these issues are only for a season. As RAIN causes the weeds to come out, allowing Christ to REIGN in our lives weeds will also come up, but these are things that Christ wants to deal with in our life. As you would go out into your lawn and begin to pull out those weeds, Christ wants to do the same in your life. He wants us to notice them so that when they are uprooted we know that it was not us but it was the gardeners/Christ’s hand that gently and patiently removed it. I ask that as you read this, that you would consider allowing Christ to REIGN in your life or that you allow Him to have full Lordship over your life, rather than just a portion of it.
RAIN vs. REIGN! Take a few minutes to think about the two, because as both occur a cleansing happens, one throughout the land and the other within your life. When RAIN falls it becomes an inconvenience for many people, we get wet, traffic slows down, etc; but when He REIGNS it is something words can not describe, but your daily life tells it all. Allowing Christ to REIGN is not always something that people can see on the outside, it is something that begins on the inside with joy, peace, happiness, patience and love; then begins to show it self outwardly. We need RAIN to live our daily lives here on this earth, but we need Christ's REIGN even more to live on this earth as well as live eternally with Him in heaven, because there is a heaven. Allow God to REIGN in your life and see what happens, but get ready because it is a life changing experience and I am here to say it is worth it. We want you to know God on a daily and personal level. AS always please feel free to e-mail us at the address provided, thank you and may God bless you.
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