DAILY DEVOTION
Fill
a Bucket, Lord
By
Cathy Irvin Staff Writer
CBN.com
What kind of life is so satisfying? We usually think that
if we make a difference in this world that our life will have
meaning and purpose. That is good and true. However, it is not
that we did our job well, as important as it is. It is also not
that we helped someone, which is really important, that makes
us feel so special. This still isn't total fulfillment. Do you
know what is? It is when we please our Father in heaven in WHATEVER
we say or do. Our purpose in life is to glorify our Father God.
Did we pray and have fellowship with the Lord today? Did we read
His Word and gain insight for our spiritual walk? If we didn't,
we will not grow in the things of the Lord. If we are not drinking
from the river of Life, which is Jesus, then we won't be of much
use to anyone or ourselves.
There was a message in our chapel and the minister exhorted us
by asking, "Are you Thirsty? Are you Empty?" We all need to be
refreshed in the Lord whether we are a new Christian or one that
has walked in Christianity for a while. Even if we are in the
five-fold ministry (apostle, prophet, pastor, teacher, and evangelist),
we all need more of the Lord.
My inner self thirsts for God, for the living God. When
shall I come and behold the face of God? (Psalm 42:2 Amplified
Bible).
I was reminded of the song, Fill My Cup Lord. I decided not to
hold up a cup like the song says, "Fill my cup Lord, I lift it
up Lord, come and quench this thirsting of my soul." I decided
to hold up a BUCKET! I want to be filled up, spilled out and overflowing.
I don't want any more dryness and emptiness. I will not continue
going through the motions of being a Christian. Let me be like
a child in the rain running and laughing and feeling refreshed.
Oh God, You are my God, earnestly will I seek you; my
inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs and is faint for You,
in a dry and weary land where no water is (Psalm 63:1 Amplified
Bible).
I spread forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts after You like
a thirsty land [for water]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of
that]! (Psalm 143:6 Amplified Bible).
We had a storm about a week ago. My son, who is 35 years old,
is a very mature, serious, yet fun loving guy. He put on some
shorts and an old shirt and ran outside. He let the rain pour
all over him. When I walked in the kitchen, he came in with a
towel and said, "That sure felt refreshing!" He was dripping wet.
I mean really drenched! What we do in the natural, like getting
soaked in the rain, we need to do in the spiritual realm. We need
to be refreshed, revived and filled up if we are to minister to
the Lord, to others, and to ourselves.
Let's go to the River of God by spending good quiet time with
Him. Let's drink until we are full. Jesus said that if we are
thirsty, He alone could satisfy the deepest longing of our souls.
Jesus answered, but whoever drinks the water I give him will
never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him
a spring of water welling up to eternal life (John 4:13,14 NIV).
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