Latter Rain

 Latter Rain

June 25, 2026

Joel 2:23 (NKJV) 

Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in the LORD your God; For He hasgiven you the former rain faithfully, And He will cause the rain to come down for you-- The former rain, And the latter rain in the first [month.]

Joel 2:28-29 (NKJV) 

28 “And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Yoursons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. 29 And also on [My] menservants and on [My] maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

2 Timothy 1:6-7 (NKJV) 

6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the layingon of my hands. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

Through the prophet Joel, the Lord promised to bless His people with the former rain and the latter rain. I understand that to mean the former rain of the law and the prophets and the latter rain of the Spirit that was first poured out on the day of Pentecost. Therefore we have the blessings of God, but Paul urged Timothy to stir up the gift. One outpouring is not enough, we need to constantly stir up the gift, remembering daily what the Lord has done. This is an age of dreams and visions. But we need to be mindful of the Lords gifts and seek Him daily. The world needs to be refreshed by the latter rain of the Word and the Spirit,  but the Lord needs us to be faithful to stir up that gift and to do His Word,