Photo provided by Macie Rae Haley
Have you ever watch water flow after a great storm.
A small stream trickles down the hillside, it's joined
by many other small streams. Suddenly it reaches
the bottom of the hillside and dips into a gully where
a larger stream is flowing. As it travels and other
streams are added to it one by one, the current
increases in momentum and a rapid current suddenly
turns into raging catastrophic plucking of massive
boulders, taking out trees, heavy equipment and
breaking apart houses that are its path.
Yet this very same water can be the thing
which brings tranquility when sitting beside
a calm spring listening to the birds singing
and the sound of the water trickling down
the stream.
The same is true with our heart. The living
water can bring peace, comfort and tranquility.
Yet that same living water can bring conviction
to the heart causing us to be overwhelmed by
how far we have strayed from the presence
of the Holy God who loves us so deeply. This
conviction at times can feel as if the Lord is
cutting into our inner being causing us to
desire to run from his presence.
When we finally surrender our hardened
heart to His will, we realize this strong
conviction has trenched out a path for us
to reach the heart of God, a path that can
only be opened up by us surrendering our
lives to Jesus Christ.
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