You care for the land and water it;
you enrich it abundantly.
The streams of God are filled with water
to provide the people with grain,
for so you have ordained it.
Psalm 65:9
Yesterday's theme of spiritual emptiness was symbolized by a dry and dusty desert.
Today the theme is abundance. The land is abundant with rich harvests because God has watered it abundantly.
Now, there are places in this world where this is definitely true. There are tropical rainforests where the vegetation is thick and rich. But there are also vast deserts where seemingly nothing abides. The irony of this passage is that it was written in portions of the Middle East which most of us would consider sparse at best.
Is the Psalmist naive?
Is he being relative? ("Compared to the Negev desert, Galilee feels lush.")
Or is he observing a powerful spiritual point?
Jesus teaches us to pray for daily bread. In this daily view of sustanence, all we need is "enough." "Enough," therefore, is "abundance."
Having lived for many years in the desert, one grows to appreciate every sprinkle of water and every glimpse of green. Enough is abundance.
In desiring the presence of the Holy Spirit, we've rightly said that we desire an overflow. When we can begin to define "abundance" as "enough," there can be an overflow every day.
In Christ's Love,
a guy who's hoping to see
just enough of a
drop of rain on this hot day
(I wouldn't mind feeling just enough
of the wind of the Spirit
on this hot day too.)
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