Rainmaker

Text: 1 Kings 18:41-46

          James 5:17-18

The word “Rainmaker” even in our modern world today tends to bring up images of super heroes who can lift up their scepter and call down torrents of rain characterized by boisterous winds and a black sky. My friend Elijah… “Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are… (James 5:17-18)” prayed for rain in 1 Kings 18 and got an answer in the form of a minute cloud. Ha! The difference being the former example is a big hoax by Hollywood; the latter is the reality we live as Christians, by Faith not by sight.

Many a times, we are caught up in situations that have been settled by Gods Rhema word but still remain unsolved in the physical, thereby sending the unseasoned believer to the mountain and back. We fret about what God has already settled, going back to our prayer time to “check” if God has finally come through. And if that’s not enough, we wait for people to confirm what God has done in our lives! People being what they are, are limited to the physical. Mr. Elijah, our friend and a great man of God wasn’t sure if the rain would come even though he told Ahab in verse 41 that there was a sound of abundance of rain!! So his servant, the ‘confirmer’ went back and forth telling him, “there ain’t no clouds here master”, “yes you said God would come through for you about a job but you’re still broke”, “didn’t you say you were getting married this year,  what happened?” I refuse to be part of the ‘Confirmer’ generation like Elijah’s servant...I personally believe  Mr. confirmer was an Israelite, the ones who saw the cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night signifying Gods presence. Yet they wanted a Physical God and went ahead to build one themselves. They couldn’t believe in an unseen God because to them, seeing is believing! Elijah’s servant even had the effrontery to come back and say the cloud was the size of a man’s hand! A man’s hand? Hey, don't let the myopic view of others cloud your judgment about what God is doing in your life; didn’t two fishes and five loaves feed the multitude? (Mark 6:38-41)

A rainmaker is not one who can call down rain or one of Elijah’s descendants. He’s the man who can believe what God has said without seeing it. The keyword here is Faith, without which it’s impossible to please God (Heb 11:6b). No one is asking you, the believer to call down rain! Have faith in God’s word in season and out. The man of faith has his senses open to the supernatural, his ‘antenna’ is tuned to Holy Ghost Fm and he’s sure he’s going to get his breakthrough. Don't wait for people to confirm the blessing on your life…gird your loins and move ahead to Jezreel.