If you fill yourselves with Word, it will overflow and fill others.

I love to think about this. If you keep yourself "filled to the top" with God's Word, you can overflow and fill other's lives. If you do not keep yourself filled with the Word and are trying to "fill" others you will get eaten alive. It speaks the truth.

I found a verse in Job the other day that really spoke to my heart.

"Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water? While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass. Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless. What he trusts in is fragile; what he relies on is a spider's web. He leans on his web, but it gives way;he clings to it, but it does not hold.He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden; it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones. But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, 'I never saw you. Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow."

I love this verse. As Christians, I know it can get hard. We are human. But what is said here is true. Papyrus cannot grow tall where there is no marsh. Reed cannot thrive without water. WE cannot live without God. He is our "marsh" where we can grow. He is our water so we can survive. He is the food and breath of life!

Think about a garden and all the many things it grows. In order for the garden to grow beautifully it must follow some steps. Let's go through the steps.

1. The "garden" must be sowed to get ready for the plants.

2. The seeds must be bought.

3. The seeds must be planted.

4. The seeds must be covered back up with the rich, moist soil.

5. The seeds must be watered.

6. The plants grow.

7. The plants must be watered.

8. The plants continue to grow.

9. The plants must be watered.

10. The plants still continue to grow.

11. The plans must be watered.

Notice a pattern? Yeah, these seeds can represent the followers of Christ!

1. We were "sowed" by God, He prepared us and made a special place for us.

2. We were "bought" by the blood of Jesus Christ.

3. We were "planted" in our faith and stand firm knowing Jesus' love for us.

4. We were "covered" back up after we were planted. I take this as meaning Jesus is protecting us from what may "harm" our roots.

5. We must be "watered".

6. We "grow" in our sweet relationship with Jesus.

7. We must continued to be "watered".

8. We continue to "grow" and "learn" in our faith.

9. We must still continued to be "watered."

........on and on and on. Pattern: We MUST be watered to grow. We MUST attend Church to grow in our faith. We MUST be fed spirituality. We MUST surround ourselves with other believers who will hold us accountable and do nothing but encourage and support us in our Walk. We MUST spend time with Jesus alone.

These are all things that I think we can do to "water" our faith so that it will grow and grow and grow. :)

This was just something I was thinking about. :)