Rain on the Mown Grass
H. Bevis. Psalm 72:6 He shall come down like rain on the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. The text presents to us — I. A SCENE WHERE ONLY GENIAL AND QUIET INFLUENCES ARE AT WORK. The gentle showers water the earth. God does not rend the heavens and come down. Nor does He come in the storm; but in all gentleness. II. A SCENE OF TRANSFORMATION. See the changes of spring. So in the Church God gives revivals. III. A SCENE OF FERTILITY. Life is seen in its gentleness, strength, beauty and fragrance. IV. OF REVIVAL. V. RENOVATION. Life with some of you seems bare and desolate, shorn of its glory; still its autumn may be green, and the rain may weave new garlands for the brow of age. Your circumstances are changed. Your health is gone; or your property is lost. The fleece of life has been removed, so that it is stripped and bare of its covering; but, He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass. You have had bereavements. The widow says, I have lost my husband, and am desolate and alone in the world. The mother says, I have lost my child, and "my heart is smitten and withered like grass." The friend says, I have lost my companion, and henceforth my life is divested of interest. But He will come down like rain upon the mown grass. You think your heart is bare and burnt up as the field. The mower has come into your enclosure, and life has fallen before him; but God can pour out on you all quiet and blessed influences, and put new beauty upon life. (H. Bevis.) Parallel Verses KJV: He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. WEB: He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.