When reflecting over my life and especially during my most difficult years, I see how God has never failed me, never left me, and He has never ever forsaken me. It doesn't matter the many trials and difficulties that confronted me, God was there for me and with me.
When I look into the mirror of my reflections, no matter how difficult the situation, and the impossibility of the problem being resolved, it was God who gave me the strength to get through it all. I didn't say that He removed the situation nor resolved the problem, but I did say that He gave me the strength to endure.
God is always ever-present in our lives. Pain, trouble, and problems are not foreign to Him. When Jesus walked this sinful dusty earth over 2,000 years ago, He experienced pain, faced persecutions, and ran head-on into trouble. So whatever emotional feelings I experienced, me being His child, and with His Spirit dwelling in me, I believe that Jesus was experiencing those same emotions with me. Jesus has told us in Scripture that to follow Him, we will experience suffering, but when we have endured, we shall wear a crown and have eternal life with Him in heaven. "God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him" (James 1:12).
When God showers us with blessings, He never holds back anything. Think for a moment. When God sends rain upon the earth, everything on earth benefits from the rain. The rain comes and refreshes and make the grounds fruitful. When I plant my flower garden, rain water has a totally different affect on my garden then regular water. It's not the same quality of water. Rain brings the needed nutrients to my garden. Just as rain provides the needed nutrients to my garden, God showering blessings on us, gives us what we need to thrive.
Our God is a very good God and He shows us through His acts, in love and goodness towards us. He showers on us infinite blessings. He opens the floodgates of Heaven and allow it to rain down on us all that is wonderful. He lavishes His blessings on us, because we are His chosen ones and His blessings should be a reminder of how important we are to Him. But we are not just important, we are His cherished possessions. We are His beloved children. His love is so great towards us that mere words cannot truly express the full capacity of God's love for us. We are the apple of His eye, "...for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye '" (Zechariah 2:8).
When God showers us with His blessings, His blessings are fulfilling His promises to us. He showers us with His grace, mercy, love, compassion, kindness, forgiveness and so much more, each and every day of our lives. "And God is able to shower all kinds of blessings on you. In all things and at all times you will have everything you need. You will do more and more good works" (2 Corinthians 9:8).
When we have faith in God, He rains down His promises that He will never leave us nor forsake us. And He continues to shower us through His Spirit. How? The Holy Spirit is our Helper. He sanctifies us. He guides us, comfort us, teaches us, strengthens us. He helps us to do our Father's will and makes us more like Christ. The Holy Spirit changes us and convicts us, but He doesn’t condemn us. "What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit taught words" (1 Corinthians 2:12-13).
God's Holy Word (the Bible) is like the refreshing rain-water. It is essential and nourishes us. The Bible shows us God's character and provides us with God's revelation of Himself. When we read the Bible, we have a connection with God. When we neglect His Word, we will experience a drought. We miss out on important ways we hear the voice of God. We need God's Word to survive, for insight, care, love, guidance, and grace. We need the Word to refresh us, to infuse us with hope, to provide us with strength, joy and comfort. We need the Word to empower us and to direct our steps.
Only God can provide blessings upon blessings to shower down on us. God is the source of all blessings. God showers us with infinite blessings. He opens the floodgates of Heaven and rain down on us all that is good. "I will cause showers to come down in their seasons; they will be showers of blessing" (Ezekiel 34:26). We should always be thankful and appreciative for God's bountiful showers of blessings in our lives.
God showers us with Spiritual blessings as well. Paul describes those Spiritual blessings in the first chapter of Ephesians. God does not hold back nor leave out any blessings for us, "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ" (Ephesians 1:3). He chose us to be His very own, through Jesus Christ. We stand covered in God's love. God has adopted us into His own family. God's wonderful kindness and favor has been poured out on us. God showers down upon us the richness of His grace and bountiful mercies. He understands us and knows what is best for us at all times, and when the time is ripe He will gather us all together to be with Him in Christ, forever. Because of what Christ has done, we have become gifts to God, He delights in us, and we were chosen from the beginning of time.
Ooh, it's just get better and better! For God doing these mighty great things for us, we should give Him glory. And because of what Jesus did, those who believe in Him, is marked as belonging to Him by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit's presence within us is God's guarantee that He really will give us all that He promised. The Spirit's seal upon us means that God has already purchased us and that is His guarantee to bring us to himself.
Glory hallelujah! Thank you Father through Jesus Christ for Your showers of blessings!