Isaiah 55:10-11
“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
This has become one of my favorite scriptures, it’s so profound. God’s like, I’m not sending my word out for nothing, I’m sending it for a purpose. I love biblical analogies, especially this. The word of God going out is compared to when rain or snow falls upon the Earth. When it rains, the Earth is replenished, it gets the water it is needed to live. Meaning the rain provides food for people, it allows plants to sprout, it brings a harvest for the planters. The rain isn’t for nothing. There is a purpose for the rain and the snow and that purpose is always fulfilled. I’m not sure if you’re a person who likes the rain, but I do. But more than the rain I love the moments after it, the smell in the air, the quality of the air. The rainbows in the sky. It’s all so beautiful and it feels beautiful. There’s nothing quite like it. The aftermath of a rainy week is beyond beautiful, it can be breathtaking. The result of rain is nothing less than beautiful. That is the result of God’s word.
The word of God goes out with a purpose and that purpose is always fulfilled. God sends His word out to feed the nations. He sends it out to replenish the Earth, God’s word does something that nothing else can do, it saves lives. The word of God is like the rain, it gives life to those who have been stripped of their abilities to live a life fully free of condemnation. The aftermath of it is beautiful, let’s take the life of Jesus into consideration. John 1:1 says, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. As Christians we believe that this scripture is speaking of Jesus as the word of God. Saying that the word became flesh and came to earth to save us. Jesus came to save the world He was the rain we needed. We needed Jesus because we were in a spiritual drought and the only chance of living was through Him. Through the life that He would pour out onto us. The only way of growth was through Him, the only way we could get out of the drought we were in was to drink of the living water.
The thing about the rain is that not many of us enjoy it. Sometimes there are floods and in the meantime, it’s pretty bad. Earlier this year, California was struck by floods, so many floods. People had to deal with their towns flooding. People were evacuated, there was millions of dollars in damages. Power outages were happening, people even lost their lives. But in the end it ended being great for California, because it brought us out of a six year drought. Rivers, and dams that were dry for years, or had been drying up over those six years are now filled with water. So while we thought it was bad it all turned out for our good. The aftermath of it all was beautiful. I bring this up because when Jesus was on earth many people rejected Him, they didn’t believe He was who He said He was. In fact this was one of the reasons they planned to kill Him. However it wasn’t until He died that people realized that He was the true Messiah. It wasn’t until He gave up His life that people realized who He was. The aftermath was beautiful as many people came to know Christ and believe in Him. People today are still coming to Christ because we know of His life, death, and resurrection. The result of the life He lived, the word He brought to life, and His actions upon that cross and throughout HIs ministry is still very evident today. We are still reaping from the seed Jesus sowed 2500 years ago. Jesus had to give up His life to save all of us. He wasn’t satisfied with just a few, He had to make sure that salvation would reach everyone. I’m pretty sure if we got to sit down and talk to Jesus about what those moment were like He wouldn’t say that it was fun, or that He enjoyed it. However, I imagine that He would say it was necessary.
All this to say, God’s word goes out and does what it is meant to do. Sometimes it isn’t always easy like when the disciples went to bring the Good News to the people. They were beat, put in jail, forced and thrown (literally) out of cities, and killed. But through all of this, the word of God never stops, it never returns void. Through all of this the message always came through. There is always a purpose for the word of god.
Response/Prayer Time
Take the time to respond in whatever way you feel led. Discuss with a friend what we talked about today. Have a conversation with God, Whatever is on your heart today, talk to Him about it. Remember that praying is just having a conversation with God.
I love you and I hope you have an amazing day or evening, be sure to share this with someone and come back tomorrow for Day 254! It’ll be a special recap.
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