The Bursting Cloud
By Kamal Manik, Associate
India International Church
Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; They will still be praising You. Selah Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.As they pass through the Valley of Baca (weeping), They make it a spring; The rain also covers it with pools. Psalm 84:4-6
I watched the rains splash across the window panes of my car as I sat inside depressed, confused and frustrated. I was alone, miles away from home, in an unknown place past midnight in a very obviously a bad part of town and I was lost. To top it all, the sudden unleashing of nature’s fury only made matters worse. There seemed to be no help in sight and I literally cried aloud to Jesus asking for help. This little incident helped me to see a spiritual principle. Sometimes helplessness is a beautiful thing. When you have looked all around you and there is no help, it forces you to remember to look up! As I wept and prayed, all of a sudden, the peace of God filled my heart and everything seemed to take a proper perspective. The Psalmist describes this as the blessedness of the one who dwells in God’s house, whose strength is in God, and their hearts are set on a pilgrimage. Saints who are looking up, and and see the valley of weeping turn into a spring of joy!
My trials in that car on that day may not be anywhere close to the trials that you are going through. Perhaps you are lonely, sad, sick, tormented or simply devastated by your circumstances. I shed a few tears that night, but you may have an ocean of tears surrounding you. If that is true, I have good news for you. Seasons change and rain breaks through the clouds. Look up for a breakthrough! This is a season of showers, showers of blessings that are on their way. More importantly, God is going to use the same ocean of tears to bring about a torrential rain of blessing!
We will draw a parallel with a natural law of science and see how the Lord turns our circumstances, our valley of tears into springs of joy. I remembered the lessons I learnt in perhaps my 4th grade on rain. When the sun shines upon the waters on the earth, the water rises up as vapor and forms clouds. These clouds later burst and we get rains. You have your ocean of tears surrounding you. Let the love of the ‘Son of God’ shine upon those tears. In your darkest moments, the ‘Son of God’, Jesus, loves you and is calling you with outstretched arms. As you respond with worshipping the King of the universe, one who knows the end from the beginning , as you lift up your voice in praise of His glory, the worship that goes up to the heavens evaporates those tears. Just as water evaporates and the vapor goes up to form a rain cloud, your worship ascends the throne of God, carrying your tears and forms a rain cloud of blessing. In due time, the season will change, the rain cloud will burst and bring the joy of the former and the latter rains. The same valley of weeping will turn into spring of joy!!
Here is the challenge. Can you trust God and his promises enough today to worship him in your dark moments? Can you trust the ‘Son of God’ who died for your sins even when you were yet a sinner? Do you desire to dwell in His presence? Do you think that the God of heaven and earth, the Alpha & the Omega, the King of the universe, your creator, is worthy of praise, worship, honor & glory? Do you desire to walk his way- on a highway of holiness? If yes, lift up your voice in praise and thank God for the work at the cross. Thank God for his love, worship and adore Him, who gave His life for you! Look up, the rain cloud is about to burst!
Kamal Manik
India International Church
Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; They will still be praising You. Selah Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.As they pass through the Valley of Baca (weeping), They make it a spring; The rain also covers it with pools. Psalm 84:4-6
I watched the rains splash across the window panes of my car as I sat inside depressed, confused and frustrated. I was alone, miles away from home, in an unknown place past midnight in a very obviously a bad part of town and I was lost. To top it all, the sudden unleashing of nature’s fury only made matters worse. There seemed to be no help in sight and I literally cried aloud to Jesus asking for help. This little incident helped me to see a spiritual principle. Sometimes helplessness is a beautiful thing. When you have looked all around you and there is no help, it forces you to remember to look up! As I wept and prayed, all of a sudden, the peace of God filled my heart and everything seemed to take a proper perspective. The Psalmist describes this as the blessedness of the one who dwells in God’s house, whose strength is in God, and their hearts are set on a pilgrimage. Saints who are looking up, and and see the valley of weeping turn into a spring of joy!
My trials in that car on that day may not be anywhere close to the trials that you are going through. Perhaps you are lonely, sad, sick, tormented or simply devastated by your circumstances. I shed a few tears that night, but you may have an ocean of tears surrounding you. If that is true, I have good news for you. Seasons change and rain breaks through the clouds. Look up for a breakthrough! This is a season of showers, showers of blessings that are on their way. More importantly, God is going to use the same ocean of tears to bring about a torrential rain of blessing!
We will draw a parallel with a natural law of science and see how the Lord turns our circumstances, our valley of tears into springs of joy. I remembered the lessons I learnt in perhaps my 4th grade on rain. When the sun shines upon the waters on the earth, the water rises up as vapor and forms clouds. These clouds later burst and we get rains. You have your ocean of tears surrounding you. Let the love of the ‘Son of God’ shine upon those tears. In your darkest moments, the ‘Son of God’, Jesus, loves you and is calling you with outstretched arms. As you respond with worshipping the King of the universe, one who knows the end from the beginning , as you lift up your voice in praise of His glory, the worship that goes up to the heavens evaporates those tears. Just as water evaporates and the vapor goes up to form a rain cloud, your worship ascends the throne of God, carrying your tears and forms a rain cloud of blessing. In due time, the season will change, the rain cloud will burst and bring the joy of the former and the latter rains. The same valley of weeping will turn into spring of joy!!
Here is the challenge. Can you trust God and his promises enough today to worship him in your dark moments? Can you trust the ‘Son of God’ who died for your sins even when you were yet a sinner? Do you desire to dwell in His presence? Do you think that the God of heaven and earth, the Alpha & the Omega, the King of the universe, your creator, is worthy of praise, worship, honor & glory? Do you desire to walk his way- on a highway of holiness? If yes, lift up your voice in praise and thank God for the work at the cross. Thank God for his love, worship and adore Him, who gave His life for you! Look up, the rain cloud is about to burst!
Kamal Manik
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