Genesis 7:18 "The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters."
How many times this past year did your area go through extreme drought. There was just no rain. Some areas would get a little rain but never enough. So many people spent a lot of time and money watering their lawns. As the lack of rain became the norm, the frenzy to water lawns became rampart. Even when there was restricted watering, people would be outside late at night on their day with water hoses in hand, standing out there for however long it took to see that their yard was watered; to keep those lawns wet and healthy, adding fertilizer as needed, so the grass would not die. So their lawns would be green and beautiful, not dry and brittle, withered up. People all over the country were praying for rain for drought stricken areas. When was the last time you asked for prayer, or prayed yourself for rain in your spirit. For the Lord to rain down His glory on you, to bring those waters from the River of Life flowing through your life, into your heart and mind, refreshing your spirit.
What are we doing about keeping our spirits, our hearts and minds healthy. Our bodies are the Temple of the Lord, is this not as important as our lawns? Are our spiritual man not worthy of being kept healthy. Our spirits, when watered daily with the Word of God, are kept healthy and strong. We cannot be prepared for attacks from the enemy, or just the day to day cycle of events that bring us down, that wear on our minds, our bodies. Only by the refreshing of the mind in the Word of God can we have those words ready to defend ourselves from the darts of the enemy, from losing our way. When you leave your spirit, your heart, your mind in a dry, drought infused condition, you can easily be caught up in the fear, the confusion of the world and you will begin to wither, to dry up inside, and you will not be able to stand.
I know, you do not have thirty minutes to spend in the Word each day. But, remember how long it took to water the yard on your day? And you did not miss that day did you? Perhaps you don't have thirty minutes, but a short time in the morning, again at bedtime, you would be amazed at the restoration that short reading in the Word gives to your mind and your heart. Your spirit becomes alive inside and begins to rejoice in the Lord, to sing praises that will come up through your mouth and proclaim outloud of your love of the Lord.
I have a little plastic flower thing at work that a lady brought me. It is solar powered and it just dances along as the light hits it. It has one flower on a stem with two leaves. Really kind of cute. But the reason I am telling you this is that the other day I noticed it was just hardly moving, and I knew it did not need a battery so I picked it up and saw that the area where it received the light source was dusty, so I dusted it off and it began to speed up its movement. The Lord showed me that when we allow our spiritual life to get dusty, dry, we slow down. We have reduced the Light source in our spirits. Our minds and spirits, our hearts need the infusion of God's Word to stay moving, to stay healthy. That is why the Lord gave us His Word, to have a visual guide to keep us strong, to have a place we could go when we have no one near us to give us encourgement and help.....it is in the beautiful Word of God.
Watering your lawn is a good thing, especially when you take such pride in it's appearance. But what about the way you appear. Have you noticed your countenance seeming down, your eyes kind of lifeless? When your spirit is dry, you don't have that beauty as before, that glow.
As our spirits are watered daily with the Word of God, when problems arise, the waters of the Word, that beautiful River of Life that pours into your spirits; those waters of the Word will lift you above the circumstances of life; as you are sheltered in the Ark, our Lord Jesus, you are lifted up to Him; your healthy spirit always knows where to go, where to turn when things get rough.
Thank You, Lord for Your River of Life, the waters of the Word, Your precious Word that gives us strength, encouragement and restoration of our minds and hearts, our spirits. Your Word is life to all that will read and drink of its never ending River.
01-16-12
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