Get the Water Flowing
After yesterday's rain, we have high humidity in our otherwise dry desert area. The skies, though, are bluer and our plants are a brighter hue of green. Things got a good cleaning from the heavy downpour of rain. As I mentioned yesterday, our temperature of 91 degrees yesterday was the coolest in 100 years on the 4th of July. That's what rain does, cool things down.
For some people the rain, brings them down. The dark skies and inability to readily get outside causes them to get "cabin fever." Since we get so little rain here in Arizona, most of us get outside and enjoy it! The fresh smell and soothing sound of rain takes us to a "happy place."
But isn't that true of anything, if we have it day after day, we can get accustomed to it and even bored with it. I retired early and although the stressful work days are behind me and my life is truly blessed, I have to fight off stagnation, restlessness and discontent. The way to get free of the stagnation, that sometimes pools up in my life, is to get the water flowing with daily prayer and time in the Word of God.
Beth Moore in her study guide, Living Free, speaks to this lack of satisfaction on pages 62-66. Here are a couple of excerpts from Moore:
"Solomon had everything...He found life to be worthless and futile." ( referencing Eccl. 1:2,14) She makes this poignant statement and asks a follow-up question, "We all want satisfaction. Does Solomon's example challenge any of your assumptions, like the belief that you will finally be happy if only you achieve that next goal?" Beth notes, "The most obvious symptom of a soul in need of God's satisfaction is a sense of inner emptiness. The awareness of a hollow place somewhere deep inside--the inability to be satisfied--ought to be a flashing caution light to every believer."
For some people the rain, brings them down. The dark skies and inability to readily get outside causes them to get "cabin fever." Since we get so little rain here in Arizona, most of us get outside and enjoy it! The fresh smell and soothing sound of rain takes us to a "happy place."
But isn't that true of anything, if we have it day after day, we can get accustomed to it and even bored with it. I retired early and although the stressful work days are behind me and my life is truly blessed, I have to fight off stagnation, restlessness and discontent. The way to get free of the stagnation, that sometimes pools up in my life, is to get the water flowing with daily prayer and time in the Word of God.
Beth Moore in her study guide, Living Free, speaks to this lack of satisfaction on pages 62-66. Here are a couple of excerpts from Moore:
"Solomon had everything...He found life to be worthless and futile." ( referencing Eccl. 1:2,14) She makes this poignant statement and asks a follow-up question, "We all want satisfaction. Does Solomon's example challenge any of your assumptions, like the belief that you will finally be happy if only you achieve that next goal?" Beth notes, "The most obvious symptom of a soul in need of God's satisfaction is a sense of inner emptiness. The awareness of a hollow place somewhere deep inside--the inability to be satisfied--ought to be a flashing caution light to every believer."
What brings us down, may lift others up, but God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.
John 7:38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
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