Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

December 23, 2010
                                            Precious Things

Of Joseph he said: "Blessed of the Lord is his land, with the precious things of heaven, with the dew, and the deep lying beneath."
                                                                              ~ Deuteronomy 33:13

  "Oh, for "the precious things of heaven"! Power with God, and the manifestation of power from God, is most precious. We would enjoy the peace of God, the joy of the Lord, the glory of our God. The benediction of the three divine Persons in love and grace and fellowship, we prize beyond the finest gold. The things of earth are as nothing in preciousness compared with the things of heaven.
  "The dew." What refreshing, what growth, what perfume, what life there is in us when the dew is about! Above all things, as plants of the Lord's, we need the dew of His Holy Spirit.
  "The deep lying beneath." Surely this refers to that unseen ocean underground which supplies all the fresh springs which make glad the earth. Oh to tap the eternal fountains! This is an unspeakable blessing; let no believer rest till he possesses it." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)