Drought Or Rain? By Dave Butts

    In every society, in every land, and in every age, rain is important.  We depend upon it as a key source of life.  Without rain our crops die, gardens wither, grass turns brown, and our water supplies begin to dry up.  We must have rain to have life.

    There are spiritual droughts as well.  They come upon individuals, churches and nations.  They come as seasons of spiritual dryness when apathy, inactivity, and sin characterize our lives.  God’s Word speaks clearly to us about these times of spiritual drought:

    “God sets the lonely in families, He leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land” (Psa. 68:6).

    “You will be like an oak with fading leaves, like a garden without water” (Isa. 1:30).

    “The poor and needy search for ­water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst” (Isa. 41:17).

    “O God, You are my God; earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You, my body longs for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water” (Psa. 63:1). 

    I believe these verses describe much of the world today – a dry and weary land where there is no water.  It might describe you as an individual as well.  Is there a spiritual dryness in your life?  Is there a lack of enthusiasm and excitement concerning spiritual matters?  Is your prayer life dull or virtually non-existent?  Hold on…the rain is coming!