DAILY DEVOTION No 37

                             PRAISE CURES DRY TIMES  

Numbers 21:16-17 16 “From there they went to Beer (meaning ‘deep well’ in Hebrew), which is the

well where the LORD said to Moses, "Gather the people together, and I will give them water."

17 Then Israel sang this song: "Spring up, O well! All of you sing to it –

1) God’s Instruction – Gather The People Together

There is unity and power in corporate gatherings. In times of pressure, anxiety, or depression, God’s people should not stay alone. It is important that they gather together, especially to praise God. We must not forget the fact that there is power in agreement. Regardless of personal feelings, or what we may be facing, we are to gather together corporately with audible prayer, and praise and sing and speak to our well – to our God.

2) God’s Promise – I Will Give Them Water (life)

The song that rises from our hearts should be one of thanksgiving for past blessings, as well as a song sung in faith for the promises of God for the present and the future. We are to come together in faith believing that God will turn up. Why! Because He has said it in His Word. Eg. Matt 18:20 20 “For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them." then in Ps. 22:3 3  ‘But You are holy, enthroned in the praises of Israel.’

3) The People’s Responsibility – They were to sing “Spring Up O Well! All of you, sing to

it.”     

You and I have a well of living water inside us but it is our responsibility to activate the pump and

cause the water to rise up within. The Holy Ghost resides within but we must daily build ourselves 

up in our most holy faith by praying in the Holy Ghost, otherwise the deposit within us will begin to 

dry up.

Is. 12:3-6 says 3  With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. 4 In that day you 

will say: "Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he 

has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.

5  Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world. 6  Shout 

aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you." We must 

draw water from the wells. We must give thanks to His name. We must sing and shout aloud. 

If there is any blockage in our lives to a free flow of the Spirit, just as Isaac did in the natural in 

Genesis 26:18, in the spiritual sense, we must re-dig the wells of our lives with prayer and

praise so that the dry times will become times of refreshing in the presence of the Lord.     

Challenge  

What are you going to do when you face dry times? Will you join with God's people to praise Him and pray in the Holy Ghost? Will you activate the pump of praise and thanksgiving in your life so that there is a flow of God Spirit from your life?

Prayer

Lord, help me to be a person of praise. Help me to turn my dry times into times of refreshing in Your presence.