I’ve been invited to be on Premier Radio later in the week to speak on this subject because summer can be a time when we kind of drift away? Here are some of the thoughts I’m pulling together to help me as I get ready for that – maybe it’ll help you.
When the Heat is On
The sun is high, the days are long — and for some, the soul feels thin. Spiritual dryness does not wait for winter. It can come in the blazing summer too.
And when it comes, your enemy will whisper, “Ease off. You deserve a break. God will understand.” But summer is no time to drift from the Saviour. The devil doesn’t take holidays.
1. Don’t Trust the Weather – Trust the Word
Your spiritual temperature is not set by your feelings but by the unchanging truth of God’s promises. They burn brighter than the summer sun. Even when your emotions are flat, keep your Bible open. Read it as if your life depends on it — because it does.
2. Fight for the Fire
Dryness is not a signal to coast — it’s a call to contend. Stir your heart with the truths you already know. Read the Psalms aloud. Sing when you don’t feel like singing. Preach to your own soul: “Why are you cast down, O my soul? Hope in God!”
Faithfulness in the dry season prepares you for fruitfulness in the harvest season.
3. Drink Deep from the Well
Summer distractions are like sand disguised as water — endless scrolling, shallow pleasures, empty chatter. They leave you more parched than before. Jesus says: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.” Don’t sip from the puddles — go to the fountain.
4. Stay in the Shade of Fellowship
A lone Christian in the summer heat will wither. Find the shade of Christian community. Meet, pray, laugh, cry, eat, and worship together. Don’t hide from the body of Christ — lean into it.
5. Remember the Harvest is Coming
The desert is never wasted if it drives your roots deeper. God often strengthens you in unseen ways when life feels spiritually dry. Keep going. Keep trusting. The flowers you’ll see in the next season grew their roots in this one.
So fight.
Fight to see His glory when the air shimmers with heat and your soul feels slow.
Fight to hear His voice when the noise of life drowns your conscience.
Fight to believe Jesus is better — in winter, in summer, in the desert, and in the storm.
Your thirst is not proof of His absence — it’s proof you’ve tasted Him before, and nothing else will satisfy.
Final Word
“Blessed is the one whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither – whatever they do prospers.”
(Psalm 1:2–3)
When the heat is on and the ground feels dry, remember your life is not rooted in the season but in the stream. Seasons will change, but the water never runs dry.
Plant yourself close to Him now, and you won’t just survive the dryness — you’ll grow through it.