I was talking to a friend about prayer, and the words ‘prime the pump’ came out of my mouth. I realized what I had said and then I started to wonder ‘how do you prime a pump?‘ I went online with the question and most of the sites were talking about the stymulis money from the government.
I finally found a site explaining about priming a water pump, and was blessed. The water pump had no pressure, and the examination of the problem, started with checking to see if the parts of the pump were rusty. After the mechanics of the pump were in order, the person was to go to neighbor, attach a hose and run water into the well until there was water pressure again. It is hard for me to understand mechanical things, so my explanation is probably weak. The jest of the explanation is, you have to add water, to get water.
BUT the Lord started to speak to me about no water pressure in our spiritual life. I began to think about rivers flowing from our bellies, about wells of living water, about dry wells, and water pressure. Do we have enough pressure or any pressure to give water to others, to prime their pump? Or do we need hook up with another, to prime our pump?
Ouch and Amen
