Living Water

As I was looking at my corn sprouts recently, again, God touched my heart. I find so many awe inspiring things in nature, and they all tell of God's amazing power, and His never ending love.

As I looked upon the corn sprouts, I noticed that they each held a bead of water in the middle of the leaves, like a diamond sparkling in the sun. The water sat in the midst of the leaves like it was being displayed in a museum, and it made me think of God's amazing ways.

There's so many things that came to mind, first, how this plant could sprout from a dried up seed, and grow into a plant reminded me how we are to sow seeds for God. From our dried up lives, God can do amazing things, we just need to obey Him, and sow seeds of His love to others. The seed must die before the plant may gain life, and so must we realize that though we sowed a seed for God, it is by His power that we did so, and we must let our pride die, and not think too highly of ourselves, for it was not our planting of the seed that makes the plant grow, it is God.

As I looked into the sparkling bead of water, I was in awe how this small plant held the very thing inside of it that gave it life, and it displayed it so beautifully. It didn't hide it's source of nourishment, it displayed it in a beautiful manner, showing anyone that dared look it's way, where it was getting it's life from.

This is exactly how Christians should live their lives. Jesus is the Living Water and only through Him are we given life. When we live in His love and His guidance, we are nourished and we grow into someone that God can use for good, and essentially He can use us to give life and love to others.

The way that the corn plant displayed that droplet of water was amazing, and we need to display our Living Water for others to see, too! When we hold Jesus in our hearts, or rather, ask  Him to reside in our heart and soul, we are similar to the corn plant, and our heart becomes like a diamond sparkling to those that experience the life in us that Jesus gives.

The wonder and amazement I feel when God reveals His secrets and His love to me, well, it makes me feel so very loved, because I realize how much that God does for us, what He had planned long before He created us, and how His love is in everything around us. 

I pray that I may be more able to display the diamond in my heart, my Lord and Saviour, Jesus, so that when others look at me, they may not see what I have done, but how God sustains me and shines through me! For without God, I am merely a dried up seed, sowing nothing at all, and to God be the glory, for any good I may bring to this world.