Dew Grace

            We went though a dry spell last year.  I thought it was pretty bad here, but eventually we did get some rain and the grass came back and we had a small measure of harvest.  In October, when I went out to Portland, Oregon, the city known for roses and rain, I found that they had suffered rainlessness longer than we had and there was no green grass. 

            It’s a hard thing to go without moisture in this world, and it’s even more difficult in the spiritual realm.  What we need is some Dew Grace. 

            While we were in the middle of our drought I was preaching through Isaiah 26 one Sunday evening.  I got to verse 19 where it talks about dew coming to those who sit in the dust.  Out of the blue, as can often happen in the middle of a message, I started to talk about the fact that we need this Dew Grace from God in our own lives. 

            I know it’s not a theological term out of any systematic theology, but I think there is such a thing which we might call Dew Grace.  It is the grace that comes out of nowhere.  It comes after emptiness and loss and is unexpected.  It’s one thing to have the good grace of God that you know about from the scriptures.  We need that and ask for it.  It’s another thing to have Dew Grace made up on the spot for our need. 

            God is able to do things we have never seen before.  He is not limited by our world, nor has He exhausted Himself by what He has already done.  Everything He does gives promise flowing streams to come.  His dew is greater than all our oceans.