About twice a year I have to blow out my water line. I close off several valves in my basement, where the water comes in, hook up a hose that goes outside and drag my air compressor up the hill to where our well is. I then close that valve and start pumping air into my water line. After a minute or two the hose outside will begin to spew out this nasty, brownish yellow gunk. I open the water valve at the well, let it run for a while, then repeat the procedure until nothing but clear water blows out of my line.
For a while after that I have good water pressure in the house, but in about six months the water pressure drops again so that you cannot take a shower and flush a toilet at the same time. Then it’s time to blow the lines again.
I’m not sure what the stuff is that builds up in my line. I’m just glad my filters and water softener takes it out before I drink it. But it is there, slowly plugging my lines without me even seeing it.
Sin is a lot like that stuff in my water line. It creeps into our lives slowly, without us even knowing it much of the time. Before long we are clogged and the water of life does not flow through us like it should. And that’s when we need to have our line cleaned out again.
God’s word is like my air compressor. It can fill us with so much of His wisdom and love that the sin in our lives is spewed out and revealed. And this is something that we must do often, over and over again.
We need to set up a schedule. How about beginning each day by blowing out the lines? How about blowing things out again at the end of each day? Maybe during your lunch hour?
Imagine the joy of Living Water Pressure!
Think about it!
0 comments:
Post a Comment