Deuteronomy 32:2 –
Let my teaching fall on you like rain; let my speech settle like dew. Let my words fall like rain on tender grass, like gentle showers on young plants.
As started this chapter I hoped for an uplifting song, unfortunately that does not happen. This chapter ends with God telling Moses that he will sit on a mountain top, look at the Promised Land and die. So as we reach the end of Moses’ life and writings we see hope that is tarnished by actions in the future. So in reading this chapter be aware that there may be some bitterness coming out in his writings.
This verse actually has great meaning when you think about it. If you soak in God’s teaching like a gentle rain, over time like a seed you will sprout and grow. As this gentile rain nourishes your body with knowledge you grow stronger each and every day. With each light shower comes the required amount of water for us to grow with God.
Ever notice when you stop getting that teaching on a regular basis you quickly become dry needing something quick? I have been years without following God and when I open my heart for learning again, it’s like a flood. Have you ever noticed a freshly planted lawn, how the small tender grass starts a green haze over the dirt. If a strong thunder storm rolls in this green haze gets damaged quickly, small plants lose their roots and gets washed away quickly. So it’s easier to keep a light watering daily than a flood every so often.
If the storm gets really rough and this teaching keeps getting push away, the churning updraft creates hail! And I can attest to being in this position it is not fun! The longer we drift away from God the more difficult the transition is back to his loving arms. Not saying it is bad, only an abrupt transition is more difficult than a slow transformation. Moses is warning Israel in this “song” not to have the lessons come in downpours, but in slow steady rains.