On night three of youth camp I was begging God to reaveal himself to me. I felt a fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit come all over me. I was slain in the spirit, speaking in uncontrollable tongues, and shaking. This physical reaction to the power of the holy spirit that came all over me was completely unexpected…but t immediately grasped my full attention and I layed on the floor before God in awe of His power. The prayer that kept going through my mind was, “God open the flood gates of heaven and rain down on this place.” As I was laying there on the floor I began to feel big rain drops fall on face. At first I thought someone was standing over me with a drink that was dripping on me but no one was standing over me. It was the craziest most exciting/amazing feeling. God was revealing himself to me just as I had asked!!!! While this was happening, God started speaking to me about trusting Him. He was telling me that if I just have faith and stop questioning Him and trying to work out everything in my head then WHATEVER I ASK IN HIS NAME HE WILL GIVE TO ME. He was telling me to stop taking responsibility for things that were out of my control, to release them to Him, and REST IN HIM. He was telling me that He wanted to use me, He wanted to give me te spiritual gifts that I was so eager for, but that they would be not be any good if I didn’t understand that He was the one doing the work…NOT me! It isn’t my responsiblity to heal people, mend broken hearts, break chains,set people free, or fill them with the Holy Spirit. It is my responsibility to create an atmosphere for Him to do those things by simply obeying Him
By revealing Himself to me through actual rain (even though in my pray I never imagined it as literal rain), He was showing me that if I pray in confidence, if I really trust Him, if I just have FAITH…..My prayers will be answered! It was incredible!
