"I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there
shall be showers of blessing."
Ezekiel 34:26
Ezekiel 34:26
Here is sovereign mercy--"I will give them the shower in its
season." Is it not sovereign, divine mercy?--for who can say, "I will
give them showers," except God? There is only one voice which can speak to the
clouds, and bid them beget the rain. Who sendeth down the rain upon the earth?
Who scattereth the showers upon the green herb? Do not I, the Lord? So grace is
the gift of God, and is not to be created by man. It is also needed
grace. What would the ground do without showers? You may break the clods, you
may sow your seeds, but what can you do without the rain? As absolutely needful
is the divine blessing. In vain you labour, until God the plenteous shower
bestows, and sends salvation down. Then, it is plenteous grace. "I will
send them showers." It does not say, "I will send them drops," but "showers." So
it is with grace. If God gives a blessing, He usually gives it in such a measure
that there is not room enough to receive it. Plenteous grace! Ah! we want
plenteous grace to keep us humble, to make us prayerful, to make us holy;
plenteous grace to make us zealous, to preserve us through this life, and at
last to land us in heaven. We cannot do without saturating showers of grace.
Again, it is seasonable grace. "I will cause the shower to come down
in his season." What is thy season this morning? Is it the season of
drought? Then that is the season for showers. Is it a season of great heaviness
and black clouds? Then that is the season for showers. "As thy days so shall thy
strength be." And here is a varied blessing. "I will give thee
showers of blessing." The word is in the plural. All kinds of blessings
God will send. All God's blessings go together, like links in a golden chain. If
He gives converting grace, He will also give comforting grace. He will send
"showers of blessing." Look up to-day, O parched plant, and open thy leaves and
flowers for a heavenly watering.
from Spurgeon's Devotional
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