Let it flow…

Anyone who has any insight into my agricultural ability would laugh at the notion of my part time employment on a farm when I was studying to become a pastor.  However, while my natural ability was questionable my ability to learn wasn’t.

One thing I learned was that horses need water.  When the farm owner and I walked past the horse’s automated water trough he was horrified to see it was bone dry.  The fellow responsible for maintenance had assumed the water was automatically flowing into the trough.  He hadn’t even taken the time to check.  As far as he was concerned, the horses were still upright so everything must be alright!  Fortunately, some quick adjustments to the ‘tap’ allowed the water to flow again.

Maintenance becomes multi-faceted.  Maintaining something requires keeping an eye on things.  Perhaps the first thing to look at: “Is there water in the trough?”  No?  The second thing to look at might be the tap: “Why is there no water flowing through?”

Jesus said, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink, and rivers of living water will flow from within them.”  Our maintenance questions?  Is our ‘trough’ full?  Is the water flowing?  In this case the water would be flowing out of the trough, so I guess another place we might want to look is the ‘tap’ that fills it up.

Right near the end of the Good Book there’s a beautiful picture the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God.  Maintenance question?  How’s the flow going today?  Perhaps it’s worth staying connected with the throne room every day?