The Heavens, The Storehouse

Deuteronomy 28:10-12 – Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will fear you. The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.

Daniel 9:18 – Give ear, our God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.

Genesis 30:27 – But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.”

Psalm 135:7 – He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

Ezekiel 34:26 – I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing.

Application:

• ·         God answers prayer because of His grace, not because of our works.
• ·         Divination was strictly forbidden to Israel because it reflected a pagan concept of the world controlled by evil forces, and therefore obviously not under the sovereign rule of the Lord.
• ·         The Lord, not Baal or any other god, brings the life-giving rains. The idols do not even have any “wind” in their mouths.
• ·         Blessing, the power of life promised to God’s people through Abraham, is beautifully symbolized in the life-giving effects of rain.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV