Ken came home from a day long men's seminar and one of the things that stood out to him was something that has grown in my mind and that I find myself sharing at every opportunity. I think God has filled extra understanding into what I heard and it has such meaning to me right now.
The Jordan River in Israel flows through the whole country. It feeds two seas. One sea it feeds is the Kinerret (the Sea of Galilee) and the other is the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea has NO outlets. What flows into it sits and dies. There is NO life in the Dead Sea. The Sea of Galilee conversely has many outlets. It is fed and it keeps flowing out. It is never lacking, is teeming with life, and keeps pouring out - a wonderful cycle in nature, but these two seas make a perfect analogy for the Christian who wants to grow. A healthy and productive Christian is continually being filled with Jesus and the Spirit of God. But they are to spill it out, all over the place, to everyone they can find. If I am going to be most perfectly living a full Christian life, the more God fills me, the more I need to spill it out. The more I spill out, the MORE God will fill me. Think of gushing out the life and the love and the knowledge and the wonder of God. Your immediate family will benefit, YOU will benefit, the people you meet each day will benefit, and the whole world will benefit. And the best part is, God keeps flowing in.... never ending :c)
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