YOU WILL FIND ME
If you look for Me wholeheartedly, you will find me. (Jeremiah 29:13)
This week we got rain. We wanted rain and we got rain; nearly 6 inches in fact! I am happy to say that my sump pump was working well, but still there was water standing waiting to be pumped. I did some digging and discovered the ground was so dry before that the water could not sink enough to get to the place where it would pour into the bucket.
At first, I loosened the rocks around the bucket, and it improved, but not like I expected, so I dug more and looked more for the source and once I broke through to that point I saw and heard that wonderful sound of water pouring in like a waterfall. Success! The cellar emptied quickly. Thank you, Lord! I started praying and praising when I first saw the problem and when the breakthrough came, I got even louder!
As I considered the victory, I saw something from the Lord. If we allow ourselves to get dry we can become hard and the living water of the word of God can be all around us, but we only allow it to trickle in, and it may stop altogether!
We can convince ourselves that we know everything we hear already. Just like me looking in and seeing that the pump was pumping so it will be fine, even though it was not like it should be. We can brush things off and dismiss what the Lord is saying to us.
God wants us to seek Him with all that we are. What can we learn from Him? What is He trying to show us? Yes, God knows about water and about pumps and about a better way. Just like getting the rocks loose and the gate opened for the water to flood the pump, we can shake loose from our complacency and allow the Living Word to flood our souls and circulate through our whole lives.
Looking for God wholeheartedly is not just for troubled times. We should do it all the time. He can be found in every part of our lives. He is near us and able to teach us if He can only reach us.
It occurs to me that the top of the floor was moist just because it is a cellar and remains a little damp most of the time. I will not be fooled again by that! I will dig that out at regular intervals, so it does not happen again. That is what daily time with God does four our souls. It keeps us open and ready for anything that might come up.
We do not need to be overcome. We do not need to scramble wildly for a solution. We can put what we have learned into action. We can dig in and praise. We can shout in thanksgiving because we know the Lord is with us. We can pray for others who are working their way through to the flood of His blessing. I am thankful that God is working in our little town and things are being restored. The trees will take a bit to totally recover, but as green returns, we can be sure that we will thrive once again.