Satisfy Thy Soul in Drought

Recently I’ve been thinking about how many of us as women aspire to the goal of being an oasis for others: for our husbands, our children, our friends and those whose lives we touch—“the garden which it has created around its base”, yes?  Are we always seeking to be encouraged, or is it a desire that drives us, to be an encouragement to others along their path?  This picture came timely:

“Travelers are enthusiastic over a species of palm tree which grows in South America.  They call it the rain tree.   This tree has a remarkable power of attracting, in a wondrous degree, atmospheric moisture, which it and drops on the earth in refreshing dew.  It grows straight up in the parched and arid desert and daily distributes its refreshing showers, with the result that around it an oasis of luxuriant vegetation soon springs up.  The floodgates of heaven refuse to open, the fountains cease to flow, the rivers evaporate—all true, but the rain tree getting its moisture from above, renews the garden which it has created around its base, and gives the weary traveler shade and fruit, a new life and a delightful rest!

God would have us to be like the rain tree growing along side the desert highways of the world—sources of new spiritual life.  God HIMSELF is our atmosphere, and we carry our atmosphere with us wherever we go.  This atmosphere is proof against all infection, and to breathe it is constant health.

Christ’s power was in His separateness.  He did not withdraw Himself from the world, but lived in the very midst of it.  No man ever came into such close external contact with the devil.  Jesus was not a recluse.  He was social—mingling with men; yet He kept intact His separateness from the world.  He was Jesus!  Men felt this!  This was His power!

In the secret of Christ’s power we see the secret of our power.  If we are to have any power in the world we must become partakers of His holiness; we must be separated with Him; and be kept separated and set apart to the same great life.”   --Lettie Cowman

The Lord shall…satisfy thy soul in drought…and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.  Isaiah 58:11