Rain of Heaven

[S] Deuteronomy 11:11-15 --
¹¹"But the land into which you are about to cross to possess it, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven,
¹²a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning even to the end of the year.
¹³"It shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul,
¹⁴that He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early and late rain, that you may gather in your grain and your new wine and your oil.
¹⁵"He will give grass in your fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.

[O] The description "water from the rain of heaven" brought refreshing spirit this morning. It so happens we are in the middle of the rainy season here and with the rain there is sense of refreshment so rain of heaven must really be something to experience. Reading through this passage want to go there now not only because it is overflowing with these refreshing fertility but because it's the land God cares and His eyes are always on it (v.12). But then doesn't He care of the land I'm treading now? I believe He does. So as mentioned in verse 13, it isn't the lack of His care for where I am now but my lack of listening obediently to His commandments to Love Him and to serve Him with all I can that will make or break my current circumstance to be either overflow with God's blessings or not. How would I know when I've entered this Canaan Zone? I see the answers from verses 14-15 -- I will receive His provisions in time (season) such that I will bear fruit and from it result in new wine and oil which I translate to be the blessings I bring to others around me. I will also be satisfied, not worried, concerned, or burnt out.

[A] Many factors are weighing me down these days -- although nothing serious -- so I need to refocus my mind on the Canaan God promised me looking away from my current surroundings. I need to thirst for the refreshing and bountiful "land" ahead of me and keep on listening obediently to His commandments today (each day) without worrying about "how am I gonna get there from here?"

[P] Dear God, I completely surrender all the circumstances and factors weighing me down. With Your strength, I am going to levitate above them all and see the promised land You are guiding me toward which is full of abundant fruits of my labor which are not in vain (1 Corinthians 15:58). In Jesus' name. Amen.