Deu 32:2 | KingComments | STEP | The song has the character of “rain”, “dew”, “droplets” and “showers”. That speaks of refreshment, fertilization and life. It is Moses’ desire that this will be the effect of his song on the hearts of the Israelites. His teaching comes first as drops, drop after drop, very gradually. It is for ear and heart soft and lovely like dew. Then they become droplets that cause a soft rain, finally causing the water as showers that stream down. The education of God’s Word, the teaching, is in many ways a refreshment, which is experienced in obeying the admonition. The Lord Jesus gives several teachers, who all have their own distinctive way of teaching. He wants to use them all to refresh. What at first does not seem like refreshment, such as pointing out man’s unfaithfulness, becomes refreshment as soon as man recognizes the admonition. Consent to God’s truth about who man is, enlightens the conscience directly and invigorates the mind. It is the rain of heaven, the rain of blessing ( ).

‏ Deuteronomy 32:2

Teaching as Rain

The song has the character of “rain”, “dew”, “droplets” and “showers”. That speaks of refreshment, fertilization and life. It is Moses’ desire that this will be the effect of his song on the hearts of the Israelites. His teaching comes first as drops, drop after drop, very gradually. It is for ear and heart soft and lovely like dew. Then they become droplets that cause a soft rain, finally causing the water as showers that stream down.

The education of God’s Word, the teaching, is in many ways a refreshment, which is experienced in obeying the admonition. The Lord Jesus gives several teachers, who all have their own distinctive way of teaching. He wants to use them all to refresh. What at first does not seem like refreshment, such as pointing out man’s unfaithfulness, becomes refreshment as soon as man recognizes the admonition. Consent to God’s truth about who man is, enlightens the conscience directly and invigorates the mind. It is the rain of heaven, the rain of blessing (Deu 11:11).