Do we thank God for rain? Do we stop to consider the life-giving source sprinkled so liberally upon us? Drops of mercy, every one. Sent from the One who knows our smallest needs - "that maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust" - the One who truly cares.
The reservoirs fill with with water again.
And rivers appear in the dry gullies, where marsh vegetation flourishes.
Wells brim up with a life-giving water for the dry months ahead. "Praise God and thank Him for the rains," Brother Lawrence writes. "We have had heavy showers and the crops have begun germinating where seed has been available."
God's mercies can be overlooked. The day-to-day needs are still pressing. There are many suffering in famine, hardly able to see beyond the need of the present. They come to the meetings, glad for the food hand-outs twice a week.
Yesterday's meeting was packed with visitors. Pray that more may come hungry for the Word of life and invest in the hour of their opportunity. The heavens have been opened upon the barren Savannah in more ways than one, bringing hope for the future and a witness to God's everlasting faithfulness. Who will prepare their heart for the gospel seed?
"Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till He come and rain righteousness upon you." Hosea 10:12
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