Those Dry Times

“O God, thou [art] my God...my soul thirsteth for thee...[I] longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is.”

Godly David knew what it was like to experience the dry spells that come into every Christian’s life. He was mindful of those times when the “green pastures” turned into hay. When everything around him was parched and there was not one drop of moisture coming down from the heavens. When “the brook dried up,” and his bucket empty.

What did the saints of the scriptures do at such times? They looked forward, trusting God to keep His promise, “...when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.”  They knew if they could just wait it out, that God would, “...cause the shower to come down in his season; (and that there would be) showers of blessings.”

In God’s own good time He says, “I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.”  To be sure, we will once again taste those “cold waters to a thirsty soul.”    

If you are going through a time such as I have just written, here is Elijah’s advice. “And said to his servant, Go up now, look... And he went up, and looked, and said, [There is] nothing. And he said, Go again seven times... And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And it came to pass... there was a great rain.”