Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Open The Floodgates of Heaven

For years I have been singing the song "let it rain". It says: let it rain - let it rain - open the floodgates of Heaven. For years I have encountered God in powerful ways while that song is playing. Nothing special about the words, but the song is really a song of desperation to be in the presence of God. When we desire him and seek him we will find him. We enter into his grace and mercy. While those times of the past were amazing, and at the time I thought I had all that God could dish out in a moments time, however, it was not everything... Along with desire, along with all of our crying out to God. Never have the floodgates been opened more than when I was broken before God. You see, we are the floodgates... The more we hang on to who we are in ourselves the tighter the floodgates are closed. When we are broken, the floodgates are also broken. With a brokenness and a desire for God, you will see what it means to have the floodgates opened up. What I had before was only a splash of water over the floodgate. You are the only thing holding back what God wants to do. Repent. Come to God with no excuse, no explanation. don't pass the blame. Take responsibility and say "I have sinned" You may think, "I really don't want to make myself feel that bad" how can that be good?? When the floodgates are open, there is refreshing. God doesn't just say your forgiven, but he takes us in our rags that we dress ourselves in and our ruin, and he lifts us up, and clothes us in righteousness, and also, all the pressure of being a floodgate is removed. you no longer have to hold back the pressure of millions of pounds of God's grace. It just flows freely, and you too, will flow freely in his presence...