Spurgeon: February AM
* 02/24/AM
"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.