 Posted on Fri, Feb 19, 2010 There is a creek near my house that I go to and sit on the banks. There is one spot I like to sit at more than others because there is a line of rocks that stretch across the creek. I sit there and watch the water as it flows downstream and listen to it as it goes over the rocks. I have seen the water at various levels. Nearly bone dry to overflowing its banks. One day while sitting on the bank God laid a thought on my heart. The rocks that went across the creek were like the problems in life. And the water was the Holy Spirit in His children. On normal days the water flows without to much trouble. It comes up against the rocks, swirls around, and eventually makes its way downstream. We are like this with life's little troubles. The missing car keys, the forgotten homework assignment that needs to be taken to school, or the hundred and one other things on the to-do list. All the things that make us feel like we are getting no where fast. But if we maintain that level of the Holy Spirit that God has put in us these problems are just a minor set back. We come up against them and move on. But when we don't do what it takes to keep that level up, praying, reading God's word, the fellowship with other Spirit lead people, we become like the creek that has not seen a drop of rain for a very long time. The water level becomes so low that it can not get pass the rocks. Soon there is NO flow! The water in the creek becomes stagnant, and eventually it drys up. When we let the Spirit in us get low we cease to flow in the gifts God has given us. We may no longer go to church or even want to keep company with other believers. Without the flowing of the Spirit in their lives many turn their backs on God and rejoin the world. While this is sad news let's talk about a time of overflowing. There comes a season when the rain falls and the creek's water level rises, and the rocks that are there are submerged. I have seen huge rocks disappear beneath the surface when the heavy rains fell. I knew that the rock(s) were there but no longer could see them. Not even a ripple in the water showed where they were. Such is our lives when God pours out His Spirit. Those huge rocks, loss of a job, death of a love one, a child that is an addict, are all still there. He just gives us that extra portion of the Holy Spirit that submerges what we are up against. We all have met people that we knew were going through really rough times in their lives but to look at them you never could have guessed. Not a ripple to be seen. Why??? The answer is the Living Water that God supplies. No messages have been posted. You must first create an account to post.
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