Zechariah 10

Ask the Lord for rain
In the time of the latter rain.
The Lord will make flashing clouds;
He will give them showers of rain,
Grass in the field for everyone. v.1

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To ask the Lord for rain in the spring time doesn't seem like asking for much, for isn't there always rain in the spring?  Spring time was what were called the latter rains, the rains that came after the spring harvest to get them through the drought of summer and brought the corn to the ear (the former rain fell at the seed time in autumn).  If either rain time failed it was bad, for the land.  What seemed to be happening was the people weren't going to the Lord for praise, thankfulness or prayer for something they assumed would happen in the law as of nature rather than relying on God who has the power to stop and start the rain.  He created the law of nature for He is a God of order and not of disorder (1 Cor. 14:33).  They weren't to pray to the clouds for reign for He too makes the clouds.  The mundane and the "natural" or normal ways of things are all still under the control of God.  Ought we not to take for granted the schedule of creation that sustains not just the earth but all animals, plants and men in it of which we all rely.    God's directing the Jews to ask for rain in a time its used to come.  So we in our prayer ought to ask the Lord for things in their season or proper times.  Not that He can't do things out of season, for He does, but being thankful for seasonal mercies to rely on.  How thankful we are for season fo rain in our life to get us through season fo drought.  What "rain" are you expecting and asking of the Lord in this season you're in?