Need a Drink?

I was out weeding my garden the other morning. Believe me, it was a feat. I don't have a ton of time so getting out into the fresh earth is a quiet moment that I long for but rarely get. Sometimes it gets to the point where I have to question which plants belong and which ones need to come out.

This particular morning followed a night of rain, so the ground was soft and willing to give up the deeply rooted weeds.

Have you ever noticed that? When the ground is dry and crusty, the weeds are almost impossible to pull out. You can get the tops yanked off pretty quickly, but those roots are almost locked into the ground.

And, it's not like you can just water your garden and then pull weeds. It doesn't work like that. You have to really let that water soak up in there and give it some time before you can reach down there and pull out those weeds with ease.

I couldn't help but notice how this really lined up with my life. I sometimes feel like I have so many weeds in my life that have taken root and block out the Son and choke out the Fruit that God would manifest in my life. And, if my life is the soil, and God's best is the beautiful fruit, then the work of the enemy would be the weeds.

If I want the weeds out, then I have to pull them out one by one. It's labor intensive and exhausting at times, and when the ground is dry, then it's impossible to get the entire root of the weeds. If I want to see more of the Son, then I have to allow Him to penetrate every possible corner of who I am.

John 7:38
"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."

Revelation 7:17
"For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

His word, His promises, His Spirit.

That is the Living Water I need.

That is what will moisten the soil and prepare me to pull out the weeds.

I can't do it alone.

It has to permeate every section of my being so that the weeds come out easier and with the total root being removed.

Soaking up who He is so that the worst of me can be removed easier?

That is God's best for me.

How does that relate to Finding My Weigh?

We all know that water is important. It flushes your body and cleanses. It brings healing. Water makes up over 60% of your body. If you don't drink enough of it, it will keep your body from running at peak performance and make you look an feel completely run down.

Water.

Important all the way around.

Pure.

Fresh.

Today I will resolve to not drink anything full of junk...spiritually or physically.

I know that it's God's best for me.