July 6

Watered gardens

“I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day” (Isa. 27:3).
“He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye” (Deut. 32:10).
“And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season” (Psa. 1:3).

Oh, to have one’s soul watered by the Holy Spirit, uniformly—every part of the garden having its own stream; plentifully—sufficient refreshment coming to every tree and herb, however thirsty by nature it may be; continually—each hour bringing not only its heat, but its refreshment; wisely—each plant receiving just what it needs! In a garden you can see by the verdure where the water flows, and you can soon perceive where the Spirit of God comes.
—C. H. Spurgeon.


I’ve found a great refreshing and a place of perfect rest,
Where waters, gushing, bubbling, spring up in my heart so blest;
Here trees of life are blooming, yielding fruit so rich and rare:
My soul is full of glory and my heart is free from care.

God fills me with His Spirit; I am cleansed in Jesus’ blood;
The waters of salvation flow in rivers like a flood;
A channel for God’s mighty pow’r my heart and life shall be;
I’ll praise Him till my latest breath, then thro’ eternity.

This world is like a desert, and the ground is parched and dry,
But Canaan’s trees and rivers give one’s soul a rich supply.
Men look and wonder how God’s plants are kept so fresh and green;
They’re watered, like a garden, by God’s hand that is unseen.
—L. F. Mitchell.

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