An Inexhaustible Supply
As far as God is concerned, there is no check of any kind upon the amount of divine energy that we can do or be. Yet, for practical purposes, you can draw from the inexhaustible Source only in accordance with the measure of your understanding, just as you can draw water from the Atlantic only in accordance with the size of the vessel that you use. Almost everyone is foolishly content to fill his pitcher, small as it may be, to somewhere very short of the top.
The true manner of God’s working is illustrated by a simple anecdote. A certain man was working in his garden, assisted by his little girl who had undertaken the task of watering the lawn by means of the usual rubber hose. Suddenly she cried out: “Daddy, the water has stopped.” The father looked over, and, taking in the situation quietly, said, “Well, take your foot off the hose.”
The ultimate cause of all our troubles is just this. Behind all secondary and proximate causes lies the same primary mistake. We have been pressing our feet and the whole weight of our mentality upon the pipe line of life, and then complaining because the water does not flow.
And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought…and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not (Isaiah 58:11).
When we rise above our physical limitations, we can discover the unlimited abundance of God’s love and power. Even when we are not actively or intentionally diminishing the flow of God’s divine energy, the fact of our physical existence can be a limiting factor.
In order to fully receive God’s infinite bounty, we must place our faith and trust in God, and depend on God’s mercy and strength to lift us above human limitation. When we let go of our false notions of control and fully embrace the reality of God’s control, then we throw open the floodgates to our lives and God’s joy, majesty and blessings will flow like a mighty river into our lives for good. Then we will have unlimited capacity to receive and distribute God’s goodness and mercy in abundance to ourselves and all we touch.
Opening the gates,
Z gardener
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