It has been hot and dry here in the Nashville area of the United States. The hot, dry weather caused many lawns to go from a lush green to a dreary brownish yellow. Grass that used to be pleasant to walk on in bare feet became prickles under your toes that made it clear with one step you do not want to walk on it without shoes. Some neighbors would water their lawns and their grass was green, while others had this dry brownish yellow look to their yards. Maybe you have a neighborhood that resembles what I just described.

Then for about 5-6 days now it has been raining everyday. Every yard is getting its color back and, the trees are clapping their hands again, the flowers are lifting up their heads and releasing their colors and fragrance. It is amazing what water does to creation, it brings everything to life. Now the neighborhood looks unified, beautified and amply supplied with green yards again.

I was thinking about this and realized, some people individually may water their yard so their grass is green, but when the rest of the neighborhood has yellow burnt grass, the one green grass yard doesn’t carry the beauty it does when the whole neighborhood has green grass. The Lord starting sharing with me, that we love the idea of the one yard, our yard, being green, not realizing we still live in a brownish yellow neighborhood. The Holy Spirit went on to say, “When I water the earth with rain, the whole neighborhood gets green grass. Humans care about their yard, but I care about the whole neighborhood.”

Matthew 5:44-45 says, “I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” God is raining on whole neighborhoods; whole nations; whole continents; even the whole earth. We are about to experience a move of God in which everyone is about to be rained on. Don’t forget His kindness still leads people to repentance.