tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21062156.post8304861619215057914..comments2024-03-10T12:06:23.913-06:00Comments on Practical Faith: Finding Living Water Elsie Montgomeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13739927333538419518noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21062156.post-53528511539562713952016-09-08T06:14:20.076-06:002016-09-08T06:14:20.076-06:00I certainly don't see the rivers, but I think ...I certainly don't see the rivers, but I think that's how God wants it. I have been silly to think that God will reveal to me what He's doing, because I don't really want to know...and it isn't for me to know. I can be a selfish, prideful person, and I know that I would get haughty and puffed-up if I saw what God might be doing through me. Although...I have to admit, I've become a lot more aware of what He has done in the past and it's humbled me to the core...not made me proud at all. All that time of thinking I had control, when it was not me at all...but Him. I could never have worked things out as perfectly as He did. I give Him all the credit, and I am absolutely humbled by His grace and mercy. I keep looking for the blessings instead of keeping at the Source. When I don't see the blessings, I think I am not right with God. This is not about receiving blessings. This is about letting go of control, praying to God and trusting that He knows what's up...and then watching, in amazement, how He handles things. What Oswald is talking about here is not necessarily tangible, but something that is in constant motion...a constant flowing of the Holy Spirit in and out of me. As I keep to the Source, and am rightly related to God...then the flow will continue uninterrupted...and without my knowledge. If there is something hindering my walk with God, the flow will get a clog and I must realize the clog is from me...not God. There must be something I am not trusting, or believing or acting on that God has clearly shown me. Instead of looking in vain for the 'thing' I must immediately get myself right with God. Ask Him to point the clog out to me and make Him the goal again. My goal is to 'remain steadfastly true to Jesus Christ.'Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06668528262444841198noreply@blogger.com