An Atmospheric River of God's Spirit!

Last week, the Bay Area and surrounding states experienced a rare phenomenon: an atmospheric river flowed over us and released a deluge of water. Atmospheric rivers are relatively long, narrow regions in the atmosphere – like rivers in the sky – carrying an amount of water vapor roughly equivalent to the average flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Woah!     What made last week even more rare is that it was accompanied by extraordinarily high winds because of a what’s known as a bomb cyclone, also called bombogenesis, where a cyclone up in the sky becomes intense very quickly.   God often uses natural phenomenon to let us know what is coming in the spiritual: “However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.” 1 Cor 15:46 (TLV) There’s a reason God has been helping us to align our hearts with his true heart of love, teaching us to eat of the Tree of Life, His very Spirit, and leading us to repent (i.e. turn from our own perceptions and think like him) from inferior ways of looking at ourselves and others instead of the way he sees us.   I believe this atmospheric river and the bombogenesis (beginning of a great explosion of wind and power) is pointing to a massive outpouring of God’s Spirit that’s beginning to increase and bring about a great hunger in people in our Bay Area region and all over the world to know God and his beloved Son, Jesus! Friends, during this last difficult season we’ve endured, God has been lovingly drawing us away from our self-centeredness and into his glorious loving presence because there’s a huge harvest of God’s children about to come through the doors of his kingdom and they will need loving support and guidance from people who are deeply rooted in their love with Jesus!   Revival (“to live again”) happens in the hearts of those who know Jesus already (this is what’s been happening) and then quickly spreads like a wildfire to those who don’t know him yet, but are searching and longing for real life (this is what is imminently coming in much greater measure). This is the harvest God is bringing.   The way for our hearts to be revived is to enjoy even more of the Lord’s presence we’ve always had access to: “God has a constantly flowing river whose sparkling streams bring joy and delight to his people. His river flows right through the city of God Most High, into his holy dwelling places.” Psalm 46:4 (TPT) You are God’s choice as his dwelling place!  He’s purposed to make his home in you! So, this scripture is saying the life-giving River of his sweet Spirit is flowing straight from his heart to yours. As in right now, at this very moment! Whatever you are going through, no matter what you think is going on in the world right now, take this moment to center yourself with the one who’s life is constantly flowing right through you: Surrender your anxiety.     Be still and realize that I am God.     I am God above all the nations,     and I am exalted throughout the whole earth. Psalm 46:10 (TPT)