Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Friday February 24, 2017 |
Morning Time: 5:22 AM PST
"I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers
of blessing." --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.
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