I've been camping on John 7:38 for the last two days. "Whoever believes in me, as the scriptures has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." I was was intrigued with the idea of streams of water flowing. I was thinking yesterday what that really looks like for me when I wake up each morning.
If "Jesus is the well that won't run dry. Jesus is the drink that satisfies" as we sang in church this morning, then how is that expressed in my everyday life. If I believe it (and I do), then what am I doing and how am I living that creates a desire in others to have that same living water flow inside them? I meditated on that Friday night and all day yesterday.
Today at church as we studied out of the 18th chapter of 1 Kings where God showed up mightily in a rain of fire on the alter to prove He was the one and only God, I wrote the question: What is my Baal? I thought...what is my false god...what interferes in my relationship with Jesus Christ that forces the living water inside me to go from a stream to a trickle?
God clearly brought two things to my head and heart. Both are intangibles. One is a character flaw that must be stomped on and disposed of once and for all and the other is actually something I thought brought me closer to Him, but in fact, has recently been drawing me away. I never realized that until today. Both will not disappear without a great deal of prayer and meditation, but I am convinced on the other side, there is a new Germaine just waiting.
I was thinking what I would look like with both of these issues gone from my life forever. The thought is captivating. Wow! How deep I could go with my Savior? I can't wait to find out. In the meantime for those of you who read my blog, please pray for me. It is going to be a very, very tough road for me to let go of things I been living with for years and years. But I am determined with my God to have beautiful streams of water flowing within me and from me for all the world to see.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
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Germaine I will gladly support you in prayer! I have been on a very unique Journey with God the last 14 months and have run across several things during this time period that God has asked me to completely surrender to Him. Things I really thought I had given over to Him, but as I began to understand the depth of His request, I found that I had been holding back. These have been very much "intangibles" and very hard to completely let go. Though the details of our paths are different, I feel the difficultly of what God is revealing and the road you must travel to reach His destination. You my friend will be in my prayers and I can't wait to see where He takes you!!
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