“You may want to invest in a good rain jacket” is a sentence I have heard very often since I have been here in Belgium. Much like the climate of Ireland, Brussels is rainy with a slight chance of sunny. However, this concept of rain has proven to mean more to be than a pair of good rain boots.
I had the privilege of attending the Bible study of a group of St. John’s moms and their friends. They are studying James, a study by Beth Moore. There was of course lots of amazing insights that Beth had, but she really honed in on this idea in James 5:7, of the Law of the Harvest. “Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.” She clarified this time as being Between the Rains, the time when God is working underneath the surface. If it rained all the time, the fields would drown and wouldn’t be able to yield crop.
I felt like this was a specific word for me; in between two phases of my life, between two ministries, between two continents, waiting upon God’s financial provision. It can be hard when you feel like Elijah on your knees praying for it to rain, asking Ahab to check 7 times if there was a sign of rain. (1 Kings 18:43)
But it is an amazing reminder that God’s promises will come to fruition; if in a drought, or dry season, keep praying and looking for God’s rain, it is the law of the harvest that it will come! I know I have many prayers to be prayed, many times of surrender and re-surrender to God’s perfect plan, but I know, believe, claim to my very core, that God will provide, that being between rains is a momentary season in which God is moving and working. And hey, what better country to move to with this mindset than rainy Belgium?
“I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:12-13
