Thy paths drop fatness.
Psalm 65:11
"Many are "the paths of the Lord" which "drop fatness,"
but an especial one is the path of prayer.
No believer, who is much in the closet, will have need to cry, "My leanness, my leanness; woe unto me."
Starving souls live at a distance from the mercy- seat, and become like the parched fields in times of drought. .....
little alone with Jesus,
your religion will be shallow,
polluted with many doubts and fears,
and not sparkling with the joy of the Lord.
Since the soul-enriching path of prayer is open to the very weakest saint; since no high attainments are required; ... Be much on your knees, for so Elijah drew the rain upon famished Israel's fields.
At a distance they see the sacrifice,
but they sit not down with the priest to eat thereof,
and to enjoy the fat of the burnt offering.
But, reader,
sit thou ever under the shadow of Jesus;
come up to that palm tree,
and take hold of the branches thereof;
let thy beloved be unto thee as the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, and thou shalt be satisfied as with marrow and fatness."
Charles Spurgeon