HE IS THE DEW OF THE FIELDS

 

LORD, SO MANY TIMES I WAKE TO THE SOUNDS OF THE THUNDER OF DISARRAY, THE LIGHTNING THAT BREAKS UPON MY THOUGHTS OF QUIET AND PEACE, REVEALING IMAGES OF CHAOS AND MISERY, DISORDER AND REBELLION. IMAGES THAT RAIN DOWN IN STORMS OF HELPLESSNESS AND CONFUSION.

 

 BUT THIS MORNING UPON WAKING FROM A VIVID DREAM, MY HEART SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRIPPED IN FEAR. YET I HEARD THE SWEET ECHOS OF MY OWN VOICE SAYING, "FEAR NOT, TRUST IN THE LORD, TRUST IN THE LORD."

 

THE WHOLE WORLD IS BLINDLY GROPING THEIR WAY THROUGH A MAZE OF FEAR AND DISILLUSIONMENT. LIKE ANIMALS THAT HAVE BEEN DOMESTICATED, AND HAVE LOST THEIR INSTINCT TO SURVIVE.  WITH ONE EXCEPTION, THE BASE INSTINCT TO SURVIVE AT THE PRICE OF OTHERS SEEMS TO RULE THE DAY.

 

THE WORST KINDS OF INGRATITUDE AND HUMAN SYMPATHY DARKEN THE SKY OF MORAL LAW AND WISDOM. THESE CLOUDS PROMISE THE RAIN OF JUSTICE AND BETTER DAYS AHEAD BUT THEY PASS ON BY, EMPTY AND APATHETIC, WITH INDIFFERENCE TO WHAT THEY DEEM OUT-DATED AND BEHIND THE TIMES. THE SIMPLE RULE OF "LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF", MOTIVATES HOSTILITY INSTEAD OF THE HUMAN KINDNESS.

 

BUT BELOVEDS OF THE LORD, THIS IS CAUSE TO REJOICE, IN THAT IT WILL BRING THOSE WHO HAVE KNOWN THE MERCIES OF THE LORD, WHO HAVE KNOWN HIS GRACE AND TRUTH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, BACK INTO RECONCILIATION TO THE LORD.  HOSEA 4:5

 

 I DON'T THINK MOST OF US KNOW HOW FRAGILE A STATE THE WORLD IS IN TODAY. MOST SPEND THEIR TIME FRETTING FROM THE PERPETUAL DISQUIET OF THEIR OWN SOULS STRESS AND UNEASINESS WITH WHAT THEY HEAR AND SEE GOING ON AROUND THEM. THE VERY GROUND OF THEIR LIVES OPENING UP AND PULLING THEM INTO AN ABYSS OF INSECURITIES AND FEAR.

 

THE WORLD VIEW RIGHT NOW IS A VAST LAND THAT IS DRYING UP FROM THE DROUGHT OF HUMAN GREED. THERE IS NO PROMISE OF RAIN. BUT THE LORD OUR GOD IS FAITHFUL! HE IS THE DEW THAT FORMS IN THE NIGHT, WHEN HEARTS ARE STILL AND RESTING IN HIM. IN THE EARLY MORNING GLORY, HE LIGHTS UPON THE MOST INSIGNIFICANT, UNASSUMING AND CONTRITE OF HEARTS. HE CONCILIATES US, AS THE CONSTANCE OF THE RISING SUN. HIS GLORY IS EVERLASTING, THOUGH THE CLOUDS OBSCURE OUR SIGHT, HE EVER REMAINS IN ALL HIS GLORY. HIS DEW WAITS FOR THE CONFESSION OF OUR FAITH IN HIM.  AND HIS PROMISES ARE AS THE DEW OF THE MORNING.  THAT HE MIGHT REFRESH US AND RENEW US FROM OUR BACKSLIDING INTO THE FULLNESS OF LIFE AS OUR GOD HAS INTENDED IT IN CHRIST JESUS HIS SON.

 

 AS CHRISTIANS, (AND I SEE IT HERE AMONG US ON MULTIPLY AND OTHER SITES WHERE MANY SHARE THEIR HEARTS,) DOCTRINES, ORDERS OF WORSHIP, JUDGEMENTS, INCLUDING DISRESPECT, BEING INSOLENT, MOCKING, PATRONIZING AND SUPERIOR IN THEIR OWN MINDS. THIS IS A BLIGHT TO THE LORD'S HARVEST, AND HE WILL CLEANSE THE LAND WITH HIS CONSUMING FIRE.

 

EVEN AS THE LILIES OF THE FIELD DO NOT TOIL OR SPIN, YET THEY ARE CLOTHED WITH GLORY. EVEN SO SHALL THE SONS OF GOD GO FREELY IN THE GLORY OF THEIR GOD INTO THE HARVEST OF HIS FIELDS. HE IS THE DEW OF THE HARVEST MORNING, THE DAY OF THE LORD, PREPARE AND MAKE WAY.  REJOICE