You Must Put Up With The Rain To See A Rainbow

And so I speak openly today to this generation of Christians.

The more beautiful the rainbow, the longer and harder it has to rain.

If you only see a faint, weak looking rainbow, then you know it was only a short shower of rain.

When you see the rainbow in its glory and array with all the colors of nature vividly being displayed to the human eye, then you know there must have been a heavy and lengthy rain.

If I get to enjoy the rainbow of God’s love, favor, and promises, then there must be a storm.

The clouds must form over my personal life and the wind must blow against my comfort zone.

I have to develop the power to stand against the wind and adversity.

I must be willing to endure.

Let me first say that something bothers me today.

I have talked to some of you about this, and in fact, have touched on it a few times in the past several months.

I am appalled at the lack of concern that parents have for the spiritual welfare of their children. Not just here but in the Church in general.

I am going to speak out and say that we can’t blame the condition of the coming generation on that generation, but we must put the blame where the blame is due.

We live in a generation where a young girl can give birth to a child in a gym locker room and dump the baby in a garbage can.

We live in a generation where parents can leave the baby outside a home or hospital for someone else to care for, because it is too difficult to raise that child.

I speak spiritually day.

It is too easy to ease through life without a spiritual concern for our kids.

We hope that we can endure the first 18 or so years and then they are grown and on their own.

I am seeing, however, a generation that is not concerned about praying.

I am seeing a group that will not be able to survive unless something happens.

I am seeing something take place, which had better cause the church alarm because they won’t be committed.

But there is a way to change all that.

The Bible gives us a clear picture of Job.

We dwell on his financial ability and his rank among the leaders of that day.

The Bible calls him “the greatest of all the men of the east”.

Yet, what stands out to me is not his financial statement.

The Bible says that he had a very great household.

When his sons and daughters got together for a feast, old Dad recognized what was happening.

The scripture says that “when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all.”

Job did not do this once, but the Bible says he did it continually.

Where is the parent that will sacrifice for their child’s spiritual welfare?

We will go out of our way to help them with the secular programs at school.

We want them to be accepted in the social status of their generation and will allow things contrary to the scripture and the church doctrine for them to be happy.

But when it comes to the church…look out.

But we need to see Mom’s and Dad’s that will take a close look at the condition of a little soul and bombard heaven with prayers.