June 21st

June 21st -- John 4:1-42 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%204:1-42&version=NLT)

Please go read the passage! Link or Bible is fine! :)

I like the comparison, here, between the Spirit and a well/spring. Basically it connects the Spirit with the same idea as being like water in a lot of ways. I really like this comparison. I find it totally effective, and I'd have to agree.
1) When you really have it, it is like a spring, because it just bubbles up and you can't contain it. You have no real control over it bubbling. However, like a spring, you can cover it up entirely, or it will keep bubbling, and if you uncover it, it will always be there still to bubble again.
2) Water seems weak and ineffective, but over time it can wear away stone. The spirit sometimes may seem to move slowly, but it is powerful. Sometimes it will take a long time to accomplish what we wanted to see, but it can get it done and will if it is in God's plan for that to be done.
3) Water is something that's satisfying to have. The spirit satisfies. Now, it's also something we need not just want. If we tried to replace plain water, we could feel sort of okay for a while, but we'd eventually die without it. We try using so many things so fill the whole in our heart meant for God and His spirit, but if we don't figure it out before our time's up, we die.
So, I guess we really should look at the spirit like that. If it's something we want/have dwelling in us, we have to make sure we're letting it bubble like a spring, and if not, we gotta' fix it so it is.

Well, that shall be all! God bless! Shalom!