The dew is a source of vigor and freshness. It is nature's provision for renewing the face of the earth. It falls at night, and without it the vegetation would die. It is this great value of the dew which is so often recognized in the Scriptures. It is used as the symbol of spiritual refreshing. Just as nature is bathed in dew, so the Lord renews His people. In Titus 3:5 the same thought of spiritual refreshing is connected with the ministry of the Holy Spirit- "renewing of the Holy Spirit".
Many Christian workers do not recognize the importance of the heavenly dew in their lives, and as a result they lack freshness and vigor. Their spirits are drooping for lack of dew.
Beloved fellow- worker, you recognize the folly of a laboring man attempting to do his day' work without eating. Do you recognize the folly of a servant of God attempting to minister without eating of the heavenly manna? Nor will it suffice to have spiritual nourishment occasionally. Everyday you must receive the renewing of the Holy Spirit. Quietness and absorbing bring the dew. At night when the leaf and the blade are still, the vegetable pores are open to receive the refreshing and invigorating bath; so spiritual dew comes from quiet lingering in the Master's presence. Get still before Him. Then ou will be renewed and refreshed. Haste will prevent you from receiving anything. Wait before God until you feel saturated with His presence; then go forth to our next duty with the conscious freshness and vigor of Christ.
Dew will never gather while there is either heat or wind. The temperature must fall, and the wind cease, and the air come to a point of coolness and rest- absolute rest, so to speak- before it can yield up its invisible particles of moisture to bedew either herb or flower. So the grace of God does not come forth to rest the soul of man until the still point is fairly and fully reached.
- Streams in the Desert
patience
quietness
wait
calm
He sees
He plans
He knows
He knows
just Trust
simply Faith
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