Showers of Blessing

“I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of savage beasts so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety. I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. The trees will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them. They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will make them afraid. I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations. Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord.” (Ezekiel 34:25-30)

The old hymn based on this scripture follows:

There shall be showers of blessing:

This is the promise of love;

There shall be seasons refreshing,

Sent from the Savior above.

Refrain:

Showers of blessing,

Showers of blessing we need:

Mercy-drops round us are falling,

But for the showers we plead.

There shall be showers of blessing,

Precious reviving again;

Over the hills and the valleys,

Sound of abundance of rain.

There shall be showers of blessing;

Send them upon us, O Lord;

Grant to us now a refreshing,

Come, and now honor Thy Word.

There shall be showers of blessing:

Oh, that today they might fall,

Now as to God we’re confessing,

Now as on Jesus we call!

There shall be showers of blessing,

If we but trust and obey;

There shall be seasons refreshing,

If we let God have His way.

Do we truly believe in a God of Israel that desires to bless so abundantly His people? Do we understand that the Congregation of Believers world-wide are grafted into Israel together as God’s people. Do we Believe Yeshua will return to save Israel, such that “all Israel will be saved.” (Rom. 11:26) Have we understood that the promises to Israel remain and it is not by replacement, but inclusion, that Believers from the nations are brought into Yeshua’s Messiah’s lordship. (Eph. 2:11-22; Rom. 9; Col. 1:15-23) Send showers of Blessings Lord, Yeshua.