Pray Forth

 

"He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,' and to the rain shower, 'Be a mighty downpour." (Job 37:6)

This morning, the Alabama grands woke up to rain showers, but the Indiana grands woke up to a white blanket of snow. 

In the Old Testament book of Isaiah, the Lord compares the certainty and productivity of His word to that of rain and snow. When God sends forth His word, His good purposes will be accomplished. 

"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways," declares the Lord. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts."

"As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is My word that goes forth from My mouth: It will not return to Me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it."

(Isaiah 55:8-11)

A good lesson for our prayer life, beloved. If we long to see God's good purposes accomplished, we must pray forth His certain and productive word upon people and circumstances. Amen?