Tainted Water

12 January 2011

Proverbs 5:15 Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.

When we have a lot of rain like we have had over the past week or so, then the rainwater seeps into the underground water and the result is that the one borehole is tainted with the taste of mud. The result is that we have to flush the borehole by running the pump to waste and then emptying the tanks and cleaning them of sand. This is one of the joys of living out in the bush, on the other hand we know our water is drinkable even though it may taste slightly different, because it is rain water that has caused the problem not something else.

In the same way when we are in situations of plenty, when we have plenty money, plenty success, we often do not notice how these things seep into our lives, and before we are aware we are tainted by them. Our flavour for life changes and we no longer taste the same to God, because we have allowed these things to alter us. We need every now and again to flush our systems and clean our situation so that we stop being tainted by the things that stop us from relying on God. When we rely on the things of the world to determine who we are, we no longer rely on God.

So even though rainwater is pure, the way it enters the ground water allows it to become contaminated by what it filters through. So even though our intentions are pure in regard to money and success we often forget that these are also contaminated by the world we live in.

Be encouraged to rely more on God than on money and success.

David

Point to ponder:  Money and Success come and goes, but God is always there.

Question to consider:  What do you rely on?

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