A SHOWER IS COMING!

A Shower Is Coming!

Then He also said to the multitudes,
“Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west,
immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming’; and so it is.
And when you see the south wind blow, you say,
‘There will be hot weather’; and there is. Hypocrites!
You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth,
but how is it you do not discern the time?
Luke 12:54-56

You may think it strange, but one of my favorite channels on the television is the Weather Channel. I have access to the Weather Channel on my phone and my iPod. I am always looking to that channel to determine what the day will hold. Is it going to rain? Is it going to be hot again? Is it going to cool down? What will the humidity for the day be? Do I wear short sleeves or long sleeves? I love looking into the sky and trying to figure out what is going to happen. In fact, I can sometimes figure it out better than the weather man! I have become good at it because I have spent some time studying and watching the signs. Last night, as the President was speaking, I started thinking about the signs all around us that point to the end times. It would have been easy to just listen and not think about the implications of a speech like that, but it really got me thinking not about what he was saying, but about what it will be like to never have wars or conflicts. The signs are all around us.
In the passage in Luke 12, Christ rebuked the multitude for being so concerned with heavenly signs that they could not even interpret the signs of the times around them. As primitive as their method of predicting weather was, their ability to discern spiritual matters was even worse. They had the long-promised and long-awaited Messiah in their midst and still refused to acknowledge Him. Are we similar? Yes, I think so. We are so good at figuring out the complex things of life, but sometimes we simply miss what God is trying to show us in the simple things. God doesn’t want to make His will for us a complex problem. He is standing right in front of us to offer so many blessings. Following Jesus may cost us something, but it should not be difficult. Showers of blessings are awaiting you, if you will only pay attention and grasp them.

Looking out for my shower of blessing,
Aaron Hodges