WHEN I SHUT HEAVEN THAT IT SHOULD NOT RAIN

 ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE

SATURDAY, 5TH MARCH, 2022

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE

General Overseer

Topic: WHEN I SHUT HEAVEN THAT IT SHOULD NOT RAIN

MEMORIZE: “If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people” 2 Chronicles 7:13.

SCRIPTURE READING: 2 Chronicles 7:13-14.

EXPOSITION:

The anger of God was upon Israel because of their idolatry. Prophet Elijah then declare three and a half years of drought in the whole land of Israel as he said, “As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.” 1 Kings 17:1. It is our sins that can make God shut heaven for rain not to fall. Rain is a symbol of blessing, prosperity, freshness, fruitfulness and also of the Holy Spirit empowerment while withholding of it talks of pain and agony as a result of God’s wrath. All the instances whereby God withheld rain in the Bible days had been on the account of our sins.

Deuteronomy 11:16-17 “Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; And then the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.”

1Kings 8:35 “When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflicts them:”

1Kings 17:7 “And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.”

2 Chronicles 6:26 “When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;” 

2 Chronicles 7:13-14 “If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”Sin brings affliction and pain. Whenever drought is experienced whether in the physical realm or spiritually, genuine repentance is the antidote. God said, “If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”  2 Chronicles 7:13-14; 1Kings 8:35; 17:7.

When you discover you don’t experience the flow of the Holy Spirit in your relationship with Him again like before, examine yourself, you might have left his presence for worldly things… You need to repent and pray sincerely for reconnection. The world will not be so comfortably habitable without rain. Many flowing rivers will dry up as a result. Likewise in the spiritual realm, sources of blessing and fortunes will dry up if disconnected from God. Retrace your steps back to God today so as to enjoy the fullness of God’s blessings.

PRAYER POINTS:

i. Pray the prayer of repentance wherever you have wronged Him that may have stopped the heavenly rain of blessings in your life in Jesus name.

ii. Lord, open every closed heavens and let them rain comfort and blessings on me in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR – Joshua 19-21

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