Sunshine or Rain?

[Shmanu YAH]

shalom mishpacha, baruk h'shem YHWH! and todah YHWH for our unblemished sacrifice YAHushua. I pray all is well with you all and you households.

 In this attemp at edyfing those that seek understanding I'd like to approach the difference of the elements needed for vegetation to grow and give their yield. Most of us have heard from antiquity the major elements in creation are earth, water, wind / air, and fire / light - but for this message I mainly want to deal with that most needed for our vegetation as well as our own growth.

You dont have to be a rocket scientist to understand we plant seeds the soil for their stability and so that can draw in nutients, then water to help the process and then allow the light to nourish them and draw them upwards. It was easy for the listeners to understand YAHushua when he spoke to them in analogies they could easily understand as in the "parable of the sower". Knowing full well how they lived in agricutural societies he articulated to them in Matt. 13:18-23, Mark 4:3-8, and Luke 8:5-15, in Luke 8 it states: "A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 8:6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 8:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8:8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear". 8:9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? 8:10 And he said, "Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Elohym: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. 8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of Elohym. 8:12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 8:13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. 8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. 8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience". ....- what I want to deal with here is the good or fertile ground which we claim to be.

 If we are indeed good or furtile ground that receives his word whats the hold up? exactly how long of a germination period do we need? We see a humbling version of this revisted by Paul in 1st Cor. 3:6- 8, "I have planted, Apollos watered; but Elohym gave the increase. 3:7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but Elohym that giveth the increase. 3:8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one (unified): and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour".....- Paul makes it plain us sowers are NOT to boast our sowing or the waterers their portion, but all praise to the most high for allowing our works of his word to prosper. We can see what it takes for his word or what it takes for vegetation to grow but what about us? Many inhabitants of this planet have no problem understanding our existance would end without sunlight so we embrace it but we must understand for the earth to bring forth it's yield we really really do need the rain. again when it comes to us (self examination) what are we lacking... the light or the rain? Surely you have heard the old adage "into each life some rain must fall" .... why do you think that is? -> SO WE CAN GROW!.

 If you embrace the light thats a good thing but if you constantly try to stay dry we call that de-hydration >>> bad move!. We have also read the script in Matt. 5:45, "...that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust". .....- this attaining to be the children of the most high comes with a condition we read previously in vs. 44, but how come this was never properly taught in church? probably because they dont understand: as the Father is fair to all and very tolerant - we should be also, and they completely missed that he makes the sun to shine on the bad and the good as well as the rain to fall on the just and unjust -> SO THEY CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO GROW!

If you (like most) still only want the comfort of light then you will cause or compel the heavely Father to saturate you with a deluge aka the "rains of life" to encourage your growth and developement of character .....which is really for your own good. The prophet Yoel/Joel spoke in the past prophesying in 2:23, "Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in YHWH your Elohym: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month". .....- Yoel is comparing the past light rain to the coming downpour.... a heavenly blessing! I'm sure we know too much of a good thing can possibly be bad so we must absorb all things in moderation to facilitate the desired result and prosper.

 As we now go foward as seed sowers, waterers etc... let us not forget the charge given by Paul is his second epistle to Timothy, in 2nd Tim. 4:2, ..."Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine". .....- Paul wanted it known to be ready to sow the word quickly at all times, in season: when then listeners want to hear it whether rain or shine and out of season: when they may not want to hear it whether drought or darkness. If the most high YHWH had to add to your walk for growth and developement ask yourself: do I need more sunshine or do I need the heavy rain?,

..... selah and shalommmmmmm