“Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain” (James 5:7).

What does it mean that God receives the rain? He is talking about receiving the results from the rain. When the Holy Ghost was poured out on the earth on the day of Pentecost, there was a harvest that swept the whole world.

The gospel went around the entire globe. In fact, everywhere the apostles went the people said, these who have turned the world upside down have come here too. When the rain falls on the earth during the early time, it turned the whole world upside down.

And God said He receive that harvest. But He wants to receive a larger harvest at the end, one that will turn the whole world on its ear. The whole world will say that the God we are talking about is real.

We don’t have to guess whether or not His name is Allah, Sun Yon Moon, or Krishna. There is only One who can perform like this. It is Jehovah they are talking about, Jesus His Son, and the reign of the Holy Ghost.

Out-talking people does not show them that God is real. Out-smarting them doesn’t show them that God is real. They will know God is real because they see the results. When they see what the Lord has done in your life, they will know it couldn’t be done any other way than by supernatural power.

We must begin to pray for the rain of the Holy Ghost now. He is willing and He wants to receive the results. He is waiting for you to hook up in the spirit. He is waiting for you to take some time away from the television set, from your friends, or from other things you want to do and instead take some time to pray and ask God for rain.

Acts 4 is an example of the early rain. When the rain of God falls it falls on that person in the insane asylum and puts them instantly in their right mind. When rain begins to fall, a person may be in the very last stage of a disease and have only hours to live, and they wake up totally healed.

At the time of rain the meanest, saddest individual on the earth turns into the most kind person you’ve ever met. Poverty may grip a hold of people or a community, but in the time of rain, God brings showers of prosperity. You want to have rain.

So ask God now for rain. Now is the end time, and now is the time to ask for the rain of God’s spirit to fall upon all flesh.

Scripture reference: Leviticus 10:1