Hosea leads us to the source of the dew-drenched life. It is from Him that this priceless gift comes. Those who spend much time with the Master come forth with the dew of blessing upon their lives.

The dew falls in the still night when all nature is hushed to rest. What is true in nature holds true in spiritual things: in this we have the key reason why so many of God’s people are living dewless lives. They are restless, anxious, impatient, fussy, busy, with no time at all to be still before the Lord.

The finer things are being sacrificed for the coarser; the things of value for the worthless.

In Job 38:28 the question is asked, “Who fathers the drops of dew?” It is one of God’s secrets. It comes quietly, and yet works so mightily. We cannot produce it, but we may receive it and live, moment by moment, in that atmosphere where the Holy Spirit may continually drench us with His presence. W. M ALLIS

But the sensitive dew and the stillness are friends, In the storm, it is true that it never descends. Let me fuss not, nor pine, but on God cast my care, And the dew shall be mine in the quiet of prayer.

Let Him hush the sad riot of temper and will, Till rested and quiet the cleansed heart is still. When the atmosphere’s so, ’tis attractive to dew, And the first thing you know ’twill be falling on you. MAMIE PAYNE FERGUSON

Thy dew is as the dew of herbs. God feeds the wildflowers on the lonely mountainside without the help of any man, and they are as fresh and lovely as those that are daily watched over in our gardens. So God can feed His own planted ones without the help of man, by the sweet falling dew on his spirit. R OBER T MURRA Y MCCHEYNE

Wait before the Master until your whole heart is drenched by Him, and then go forth in the power of a fresh, strong, and fragrant life.

Lord, let Thy Spirit bedew my dry fleece!