Many words mean what they mean at face value, but many words have deeper meanings and those who understand the meaning behind the words find reading enjoyable. The Bible is filled with imagery, it evokes in us a sense of awe and wonder if we can read with a childlike heart and see what it is saying.

For example, in Matthew 13, Jesus speaks of a farmer planting seed. These words invite a picture in our minds, but then it goes deeper and the seed is not actually corn seeds, wheat seeds or even poppy seeds, but rather the seed is the word of God. It invites a picture in order to take us deeper.

I was walking the dog this morning and we came upon a river that is usually very quiet and unassuming. If you did not know it was there, you would not even see it through the trees. But this morning, the river was making a sound that cannot be denied. The sound commanded my attention. As I walked closer to the river, the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, “The more rain that falls, the louder the river gets.”

Rain in scripture is connected to teachings, narratives, and so when we read in Zechariah 10:1-2 we see this, “Ask rain from the LORD in the season of the spring rain, from the LORD who makes the storm clouds, and he will give them showers of rain, to everyone the vegetation in the field. For the household gods utter nonsense, and the diviners see lies; they tell false dreams and give empty consolation. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd.” Notice the tie between rain and diviners, both releasing a narrative.

What I heard the Lord say this morning was, the more the rain of the narrative of the kingdom of God soaks the earth, the louder the rivers of God inside of us will get. The drought is over, meaning, Amos 8:11 is over, “The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign LORD, “when I will send a famine through the land— not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.” The voice of God is increasing in volume and people are hearing His voice again. Let it rain!!!!!