When is a shower of blessing not a
shower? When your hubby is in a golf tournament in the mountains and it stops
raining for the day!
We are in the Rockies. I look out the
window to see fresh snow on some of the peaks. It was really warm yesterday but
temperatures dropped in the night and rain fell for most of it. The forecast
said it would rain all day too, and be cold, but it stopped by 7:30 and now, an
hour later, the sun is pouring through the clouds. Here, it could go one way or
the other – sock in and pour, or clear up and warm up. For those in the tournament,
the blessing would not be a shower!
God used the metaphor of showers for His
grace to His people. Someone wrote a hymn called Showers of Blessing, an old
hymn but still sung in many churches (listen to this snappy
version). For ancient Israel living in an arid land, showers were a great
image for God’s promised blessings.
And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing. (Ezekiel 34:26)
Spurgeon wrote the devotional today. In his
flowery language, he makes the point that there is more than one kind of
drought. God’s blessings are for those dry in spirit and parched for comfort
from God.
I’ve been there; not right now, but the
verse says “showers in their season” because God knows that His children will
have times in our lives when all the life seems sucked out of us. We cannot go
on without a blessing from Him. It is good to know this promise before trouble
strikes.
The promise is enormous. He says showers,
in plural and in the right season – their season, a hint that the showers will
be in the right time, place, portion and type to bless each one on the
receiving end according to their need. Perhaps even more amazing is that the
first part of this verse says He will make the dry and needy person and all
places around His hill (probably referring to places of worship) also a
blessing. It is one thing to be watered and nourished through a dry spell, but
even more to become a blessing to others because of God’s blessing!
I don’t know if the blessing today will
be rain, no rain, or even sunshine. I do know that whatever my husband needs, God
is quite able to give that kind of care to him. I also know that if He does, He
will get the glory.
Father, You control the weather, but
also in Your hand are the showers of blessing, whether they come as actual
showers or not. Thank You for this place, the splendor of creation around us,
and for all Your decisions concerning us. Your mercy and grace have no limit.
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