‘He is like a tree planted by streams of water which yields it’s fruit in season. And whose leaf does not wither.’ Psalm 1:3
In England we don’t really know what true drought is like but sometimes we do long for more rain. I’ve just ordered another water butt for my garden. Even in April my existing one does not seem enough as it is becoming empty so early in the year. What a gift from God rain is! As dry days follow rainless ones, God’s plants become stressed and slowly die.
When the rain does come, plants slowly revive as they drink in the life-giving moisture, flowers lift up their heads, bushes look heathier and all nature seems to sparkle. Birds join in the joy as they sing their hearts out. We need the rain to survive.
Our souls can become spiritually dry without attention. Slowly things can start to fall apart in our lives. We lose direction and make the wrong choices which leads further down dangerous routes. Then by God’s grace, times of refreshing come. We are able to drink deeper. Our lives get back on track as we learn more of God’s will for us. Like the plants we can shine for Him. We need to be more like the person who said he never prayed for more than fifteen minutes but he never went for more than fifteen minutes without praying. What a high standard!