Abundant Showers

From Psalm 68:7-11

When you went out before your people, O God,
when you marched through the wasteland,
Selah

the earth shook,
the heavens poured down rain,
before God, the One of Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.

You gave abundant showers, O God;
you refreshed your weary inheritance.

Your people settled in it,
and from your bounty, O God, you provided for the poor.

The Lord announced the word,
and great was the company of those who proclaimed it:

Ever felt weary? LIke a droopy, dried out plant in desperate need of water? LIke you have nothing left? Those are the times when God moves in.

I think it is interesting that the Psalm writer, the great poet David, doesn’t use a gentle autumn rain, or a sprinkling metaphor. Abundant showers -- a downpour -- tons of water. Pouring all over our weary selves.

What a great image. When we are weary, God gives abundant showers.