umbrellas

This is what I saw as we were worshiping and praying in the presence of God during our youth camp. Umbrellas up and the rain falling. The message was that it's time to put away those umbrellas of ours. For too long we've stood under them, dry and comfortable. God's Spirit is like rain and it's falling down on us. But we're just too comfortable under these umbrellas of ours, many of us don't want to get wet, don't want things to get messy, inconvenient. Sometimes it's fear, we don't want to get out under the rain cause we're afraid of the effects of the rain. We don't understand that for the Spirit to wash over us, we got to get out from under our umbrellas, our safe zones.

So, close your umbrellas and put them away! Go under the rain. Allow His Spirit to set you free, wash away your iniquity, quench your thirst. Wash over you, refresh! Enjoy the rain, enjoy His presence.

Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." By this He meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive.

John 7:37-39

 Holy Spirit, rain down.