This is Namma for Christ with the one hundred fiftieth inspirational message dated Monday, September 30th, 2019. The title of this message is “Rescue – Gen. 9:15-17 – The Rain Before the Rainbow”.
The first word of the title is also the name of the above inspirational song/video entitled “Rescue” (with lyrics) – sung with power and anointing by Lauren Daigle.
The scripture comes from the fifteenth through the seventeenth verses of the ninth chapter of the book of Genesis:
Genesis 9:15-17
New King James Version (NKJV)
15 and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17 And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.”
On Saturday, September 28th,
2019, I attended my mother’s church (with my family) for an evening service –
entitled their “Annual Rainbow Service”. During the service my very own oldest
daughter, Leticia gave an excellent and inspirational message. The title of the
message was, “The Rain Before the Rainbow”. This message touched me so much – I
knew I wanted to share it with others.
Genesis
9:15-17 states “and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living
creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life. When I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will
remember the eternal covenant between God and every living creature on earth.”
Then God said to Noah, “Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am
confirming with all the creatures on earth.
When we meditate on the Word
recorded about the first rainbow, many things come to mind. We think of a town
in destruction, Noah - a man “anointed and called by God for a purpose”, obedience
in the building of the ark, obedience in the animals called two by two, mockers
that judged Noah…but then came the rain,
40 days and 40 nights - almost a month and a half of nonstop rain. The most
destructive storm ever created in the world – (which wiped out the complete
population of the world) with the exception of Noah’s family and two of every
animal. Then of course - we think of the dove and the olive branch to show the
storm was over and finally the “rainbow”, to show the promise of God.
But in order to get to that
rainbow, the promise of God, a lot had to happen first! Even in the word
rainbow, rain must come first. And if you study the Bible long
enough you’ll notice this trend, more and more. There is always rain “before”
the promise. Moses had the rain of the wilderness to get to his promise of the
Promised Land. Joseph had the rain of his brothers’ betrayal, slavery and imprisonment
to get to the promise of being in the seat of power. Abraham’s rain came in the
form of “waiting”, being delayed of God’s promise, to get to become the father
of many nations. Paul had the rain of his Damascus road experience to get to
the promise of being an amazing apostle for Christ. Ruth had her rain
experience in the passing of her husband to get to the promise of her “Boaz.”
And we know Christ’s “rain” of death “on the cross” to get to the promise of “resurrection
from the grave”. And there are many more stories that I can talk about, but one
thing that is in common as we look at the way God moves from “rain to rainbow
promises” is the “faith” that each person had.
Hebrews 11:1-2 NKJV
“Now faith is the substance of
things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders
obtained a good testimony.
Hebrews 11:7 NKJV
By faith Noah, being divinely warned
of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving
of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the
righteousness which is according to faith.”
So whatever the situation and “rain” we may be going through
right now, if we have the faith to endure like Noah, Ruth and Jesus and sooo
many others… no matter how long it takes, it could be 3 days, 40 days or
sometimes even 40 years but when we trust God we will always see a rainbow at
the end.
Please enjoy the above inspirational song/video entitled “Rescue” (with lyrics) – sung with power and anointing by Lauren Daigle
(I do not own the rights to this song.)
BE BLESSED!
