I will pour water upon him that is thirsty

"I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground."—Isa. 44:3

Most tender are the compassion's of our God. Most affectionate is the interest which He takes in our welfare. His thoughts towards us are thoughts of peace. He does not weary in well doing towards us, in spite of all our ill-doing towards Him.

He would gladly see us happy, and He gives us His promise that He will make us so. He does so in a way that shews us that nothing shall be able to hinder our being happy, if we will but allow Him to make us so. "Let Me make you happy; let Me fill you with My joy." Thus He speaks to us.

He knows what a thirsty land we dwell in, a desert where there are no springs of water and no shady palm trees. He sees how certain we are to be thirsty in such a world, and He provides for it. "I will pour water upon him that is thirsty;" nay, I will pour "floods upon the dry ground." These souls of ours are like the earth we dwell in—"dry ground." But here is the promise of the welcome shower. It comes from God himself. It is from His free love that the refreshing rain descends; no, it is that free love that is itself the reviving rain. Let us lay our parched and weary souls under it, that we may be made fresh and glad. These "showers," these "floods" from heaven can refresh the most withered and drooping.