Marvia Providence - It is Raining - It's Raining All Around Me Lyrics
Lyrics
Oh, it's raining, all around me
I can feel it, it's a latter rain
Ride on Jesus, please send more rain
Until we are wet, until we are soaked
In the latter rain
It's raining, all around me
I can feel it, it's a lot of rain
Ride on Jesus, please send more rain
Until we are wet, until we are soaked
In the latter rain
It's raining, come on!
Oh, i's raining, all around me
I can feel it, it's a lot of rain
Ride on Jesus, please send more rain
Until we are wet, until we are soaked
Until we are wet, until we are soaked
Until we are
Wet, wet, wet, soaked, soaked soaked
Wet, wet, wet, soaked, soaked soaked
Wet, wet, wet, soaked, soaked soaked
Wet, wet, wet, soaked, soaked soaked
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"IT'S RAINING" - MARVIA PROVIDENCE - REGGAE GOSPEL
Meaning & Inspiration
Marvia Providence brings a heavy, infectious energy to the reggae gospel scene, and her 2009 track "It's Raining" captures a specific kind of spiritual expectation that we often lack in our modern, buttoned-up worship services. The song isn't complex in its lyrical structure, but it leans hard into the biblical imagery of the "latter rain," a concept that sparks excitement about God’s outpouring of the Holy Spirit. When she cries out for the rain to fall until everyone is "wet" and "soaked," she is tapping into the promise found in Joel 2:23, where God restores the years eaten by the locusts and pours out righteousness. This isn't just about feeling good or getting an emotional high; it is a desperate plea for the kind of spiritual saturation that changes the condition of the dry, weary ground of our lives.
The language of rain in Scripture is never casual. Throughout the Old and New Testaments, rain represents the refreshing, life-giving presence of God that makes a parched life fruitful. When Providence asks Jesus to "ride on" and keep the shower going, she mirrors the intensity of the prophet Elijah, who stayed on the mountain, head between his knees, waiting for the heavens to break open after a long drought. Her insistence that we need to be soaked aligns with the command in Ephesians 5:18 to be filled with the Spirit, moving past the shallow surface level of religious ritual into a state of total immersion. We often settle for a light drizzle, content with just enough comfort to keep us going, but this song demands the overflow.
This track exposes our fear of being truly drenched by the power of God. We prefer to keep our spiritual clothes dry, maintaining control and keeping our reputation intact, but the theology here is reckless in the best possible way. It invites the believer to stand exposed in the storm of the Spirit’s work until every part of our identity is saturated. You cannot encounter the Holy Spirit and walk away with your garments bone-dry; the transformation process requires a complete soaking that washes away the dust of the world. Stop looking for a shelter to hide from the deluge and start lifting your hands to invite the downpour that turns barren, unproductive soil into a garden for the King.