The well you drink from really matters. When I was a little girl we had well water. Daddy had plumbed the well water straight into our house. When the well was low we had to drawl water. We would take the bucket off the side of the well, and drop it into the well. The handle would spin around real fast as the bucket plunged toward the bottom. Soon the handle would stop spinning. Then we would begin to turn the wooden handle and, bring the bucket back up. It never failed, the bucket would be full. Then we would have to reach over the well, and pull the robe and bucket towards us, to empty the bucket into whatever container we brought with us, to the well. We never untied that old wooden bucket from the rope on the end. We never untied the robe from the handle, or rod that stretched across the well. No one ever told us not to, we just didn't. How did we know what to do? We watched our parents and others who were older, and when we grew-up--we just did what we saw them do.
Every morning I drawl from my spiritual well. I haven't let go of the bucket since the 1960's when I gave my life to Christ as a little Methodist girl. I walked away from the well, but always came back when I got thirsty. The well has never failed me. The bucket has never failed to bring up water. No one ever cut the rope. The handle has been very hard to turn at times. It seems is has taken all my strength to keep turning, and not let the handle slip, and spin out of control hitting the bottom again. But, the well has never run dry. It takes effort to go to the well. It takes the faithfulness of those that have gone before you to keep the well in tack, to keep the bucket and the rope and the well house in good working order. But, the well has never been dry.
It is interesting that there were five of us children in my family growing up. None of us ever had a cavity until we were grown up and moved away from the well. We all had great teeth. My one brother never had a cavity until after he was married. We were all healthy and rarely ever got sick. We got a bath every night. We ate out of the garden and brushed our teeth every night and every morning. It's the way we were raised. And the well never failed us. Mother washed clothes and hung them on the line to dry. We changed our bed clothes every week. the well never failed.
We were all a little afraid of the well. We never knew how deep it was. We were careful not to fall in and knew it wasn't a place to play.
The Lord will never fail us. The Holy Spirit is always there waiting for us to lower our buckets, and gives us strength to turn the handle, and bring up the bucket--but, we have to come to the well. By faith we lower the bucket. By faith we turn the handle. Everyday we can drink, we can bath, we can wash our clothes and brush our teeth and make ourselves clean and healthy. But, we have a part to play.
I never saw the water jump out of the well and into my mouth. I never saw the clothes clean and dry themselves. Some people think that it is all God's job. We can't just sit around and expect God to take care of it all. That is not how life works. You need to lower your own bucket, take a bath, brush your teeth, wash your sheets. God gives the well but you and I need to drawl from the well. If we do our part He goes above and beyond to bless us and keep us whole.
It is interesting that there were five of us children in my family growing up. None of us ever had a cavity until we were grown up and moved away from the well. We all had great teeth. My one brother never had a cavity until after he was married. We were all healthy and rarely ever got sick. We got a bath every night. We ate out of the garden and brushed our teeth every night and every morning. It's the way we were raised. And the well never failed us. Mother washed clothes and hung them on the line to dry. We changed our bed clothes every week. the well never failed.
We were all a little afraid of the well. We never knew how deep it was. We were careful not to fall in and knew it wasn't a place to play.
The Lord will never fail us. The Holy Spirit is always there waiting for us to lower our buckets, and gives us strength to turn the handle, and bring up the bucket--but, we have to come to the well. By faith we lower the bucket. By faith we turn the handle. Everyday we can drink, we can bath, we can wash our clothes and brush our teeth and make ourselves clean and healthy. But, we have a part to play.
I never saw the water jump out of the well and into my mouth. I never saw the clothes clean and dry themselves. Some people think that it is all God's job. We can't just sit around and expect God to take care of it all. That is not how life works. You need to lower your own bucket, take a bath, brush your teeth, wash your sheets. God gives the well but you and I need to drawl from the well. If we do our part He goes above and beyond to bless us and keep us whole.
John 4:14 "but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
I challenge you to get into God, into the word of God and then get it in you. I challenge you to go to the well daily. Let your bucket down and begin to turn the handle bringing the living water up, and pull it towards your container, and fill it to the full. Do what it takes to keep yourself clean and healthy. Yes, it works, it is life to those that find it, and use it.
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