Before the Rain: How to Till Your Land in Faith
“My Sons and Daughter, The time is now to till the land .”- God
Before the Rain: How to Till Your Land in Faith
There is a moment in every builder’s life where God whispers, “Prepare the land… before you see the rain.” This is the moment that separates dreamers from doers, wishers from stewards, and those who admire the promise from those who actually inherit it. This is the moment when faith becomes work, and work becomes worship. Because Heaven sends the rain — but on Earth, you till. This is the first principle of The Master Builder’s Field: Fruit never grows where the soil hasn’t been surrendered.
🌾 1. Before the Promise Comes the Plow
We love supernatural rain, but we often resist natural preparation. We want manifestation… but not the breaking up of hard ground. We want the harvest… but not the discipline of digging. Yet the Master Builder teaches: “Prepare the land for what I am about to release.” Tilling requires humility, consistency, repetition, sweat, silence, and trust. It is not glamorous. There is no applause for breaking up soil. There are no fireworks when you remove weeds no one else saw. But God sees. He always sees. He honors the unseen work more than the public harvest.
🌧️ 2. Rain Comes Only When the Ground Is Ready
We sometimes believe God is withholding rain. But often, He’s protecting the seed.
He will not pour rain on unprepared soil because:
it will flood, not nourish
it will drown, not develop
it will wash away, not take root
He loves you too much to send increase that your structure cannot sustain. Before the rain, He works on you. He works on your habits. Your stewardship. Your patterns. Your discipline. Your time. Your cycles. Your vision. Your alignment. Rain is never delayed — it’s timed. The soil must match the assignment.
🧱 3. Tilling Is How You Say “Yes” to God
When God gives you a vision — whether business, ministry, real estate, or family — He watches to see: “Will you till before you see evidence?” Not everyone tills. But every builder in Scripture did.
Noah tilled before the flood — building in obedience long before a single drop appeared.
Abraham tilled before the nation — obeying God before he saw a single descendant.
Moses tilled before the Red Sea — moving forward while the path was still closed.
Hannah tilled before Samuel — praying, weeping, and vowing in faith before she ever held the promise.
Elijah tilled before the rain — declaring God’s word before there was a cloud in sight.
Elisha tilled before the mantle — serving faithfully before carrying the double portion.
Ruth tilled before the inheritance — gleaning in obedience before God revealed Boaz.
David tilled before the crown — worshiping, fighting, and waiting before he ever sat on the throne.
The Shunammite woman tilled before the miracle — building a room with no promise attached, only honor and expectation.
Deborah tilled before the victory — leading, judging, and obeying while Israel was still oppressed.
Esther tilled before the deliverance — fasting, preparing, and positioning herself before the king extended his favor.
Mary tilled before the Messiah — yielding her entire life to a word she could not yet see.
They moved before it made sense. They worked before it looked possible. They obeyed before they understood. Tilling is not busyness. It is obedience made visible.
🥖 4. Sometimes Tilling Looks Like the Little Things
Tilling is not always dramatic. Sometimes it’s painfully practical.
Tilling looks like:
organizing your systems
cleaning your inbox
creating structure
finishing applications
updating paperwork
closing old cycles
preparing your home
budgeting differently
waking up early
saying “no” with clarity
investing time where God told you to invest
removing distractions that make your soil hard
These are Kingdom actions — not small ones. God breathes on the mundane when the mundane is done in faith.
🌱 5. What You Do Before the Rain Determines What You Receive After It
Every field — and every builder — must pass through the season of quiet obedience. The season where the enemy whispers: “Nothing is happening.” But Heaven responds: “Everything is happening — just not yet visible.” When you till your land your vision sharpens, your foundation strengthens, your capacity expands, your spirit becomes steady, your mind becomes clear, and your house becomes prepared. Because the rain is coming. Your job is to prepare the ground that will receive it.
🎥 Inspired Insight: “Faith Like a Farmer”
There’s a message that carries the same anointing as this principle — “Faith Like a Farmer” by Michael Todd. It teaches the Kingdom rhythm of sowing, waiting, and reaping through scripture and practical faith, revealing why you must cultivate long before you see evidence.
In the teaching, God highlights that faith is agricultural, not instant: you sow in trust, you wait in confidence, and you reap in due season (2 Cor. 9:6–10). Farmers don’t panic in the middle — they know the ground is working even when they can’t see movement. They sow consistently (Eccl. 11:6), give generously (Prov. 11:24–25), tithe for protection (Mal. 3:10–12), and keep sowing even at plateaus — because every seed has an appointed time.
This message will strengthen the revelation of today’s blog: before the rain comes there be the sowing, the surrender, the digging, and the preparation.
Let the teaching water the seed God just planted in you.
👉 Watch: Faith Like a Farmer — Michael Todd
🛠️ Final Word: Till Your Land — The Rain Will Meet You There
If you’re reading this, you’re not late. You’re not behind. You’re not overlooked. You’re in your tilling season — the season where Heaven watches how you steward what you cannot yet see. This is the same instruction God gave through the prophet Elisha in 2 Kings 3:16-20 “Dig ditches in the valley.” It made no sense. The ground was dry. There was no cloud in the sky, no smell of rain, and no sign of breakthrough. Nothing in the natural justified the assignment. But God wasn’t testing their strength — He was testing their faith. Because faith becomes visable in the dirt and the depth of their digging would become the capacity of their receiving. The deeper they dug, the more preparation determained the capacity. The obidence determained the outpouring. Some dug shallow. Some dug deep. Some barely obeyed. Some dug until their hands ached. Every ditch was an act of belief: “God, I prepare for what I cannot yet see.” And God honored it. When the morning came, water flowed into every ditch, filling each according to its depth. Not one ditch remained empty — not one faithful act went unnoticed. So break the ground. Prepare the field. Honor the soil. Nuture the seed by sowing the vision. Dig with expectation and deepen them with endurance. Let every scoop of soil testify: “I BELIEVE GOD WILL FILL THIS”. Because the same God who filled the ditches in the valley will fill the places where you’ve been faithful. Stay consistent. Stay obedient. Stay expectant. Because in the Master Builder’s Field… Vision doesn’t die in the dirt — it grows into destiny. And when the rain comes —it will come exactly where you dug marked by your readiness.
