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For 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.
Isaiah 44:3

In pouring out His Spirit upon Zion’s offspring, God pours out therewith every spiritual blessing that there is in His heart or hands to bestow. Whatever earthly good you may enjoy, without the blessing of God it will but prove a curse; whatever afflictions fall to your earthly lot, if God blesses them, they must all eventually be made a blessing. Nor is this blessing niggardly given, for the Lord has here promised that He will POUR it out! It shall be given as profusely and as abundantly as the Spirit Himself. Nor shall Zion doubt either the blessing itself or the source whence it comes, for it carries its own evidence, shines in the light of its own testimony, and manifests itself by its own effects.

And does not the contrast between the dry ground and the promised showers of blessing enhance it all the more? Your very barrenness and sterility make the promise all the more suitable, and therefore all the more sweet. If you look into yourself, a barren wilderness meets your view. If you look up, you see the clouds of blessing floating in the pure sky. You see that the Lord has promised to “pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground.”

You beg of Him to fulfill that promise to your soul. You have no other plea but His own word of promise, no other recommendation but your own miserable barrenness. He enables you to cry to Him. He listens to that cry, and in His own time pours water upon your thirsty soul, and floods upon your dry and parched heart. O may a sense of our poverty and destitution be ever a means, in His sacred hand, of leading us to seek that blessing which He alone can bestow!

To the reader…

Perhaps you see nothing in yourself but a wilderness. Is your heart dry and parched, and do you find no fruit and no life in it? Then do not be discouraged, for your very barrenness makes the promise all the more suitable and all the more sweet. The Lord has not said that He will pour out His Spirit on those who are already fruitful, but upon him that is thirsty and upon the dry ground.

You have nothing to plead but His own Word, and no other recommendation than your poverty. That is enough. Bring your thirsty soul to Him, and ask Him to do what He has promised. He listens to the cry of a needy heart, and in His own time He will pour out water and give His blessing, not sparingly, but abundantly. So let the sense of your poverty not drive you away from Him, but draw you towards Him, for He alone can give that blessing.

With warm regards,
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