God truly blesses

I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing. (Ezekiel 34:26)

God, who is rich in mercy, showers gifts upon His Children. He showers gifts upon us. Take note for a minute the word shower. God does not drip blessings upon us. We don't receive one here, and then another one some days later. No, God showers blessings. He gives then in abundance. If you are caught outside in a shower of rain (like I was the other day running from my car to the train station), you are absolutely drenched. The rain soaks into you, it completely covers you, and if you are in it long enough there will be nothing of you left dry.

Now apply this to God's blessings. He showers them upon us; He completely drenches us with His love and mercy. He does not leave us dry, no child of God misses His showers of blessings.

Why we may not feel as though God showers us with blessings is most likely because we are not looking for them. Open your eyes and look around taste and see that the LORD is good (Psalm 34:8). 

Just like the old hymn says so clearly:

When upon life's billows you are tempest-tossed, 

When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, 

Count your many blessings, name them one by one, 

And it will surprise you what the Lord has done. 

Refrain:

Count your blessings, name them one by one, 

Count your blessings, see what God hath done!

Count your blessings, name them one by one, 

And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done. 

Are you ever burdened with a load of care?

Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?

Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly, 

And you will keep on singing as the days go by. 

When you look at others with their lands and gold, 

Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold; 

Count your many blessings - wealth can never buy

Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.

So, amid the conflict whether great or small, 

Do not be discouraged, God is over all; 

Count your many blessings, angels will attend, 

Help and comfort give you to your journey's end. 

God showers blessings on us, ones both great and small, we just have to open our eyes to see them. I challenge you, to count them, make and list and see for yourself the extent to which God blesses those He loves. And I also challenge myself to post a blessing I encounter in my life every day, for the next 30 days.