So I’ve had a particularly annoying
problem lately. When I was in the tub
washing my hair, the shampoo would come out unusually slow. I thought it was due to the very cold weather
we’ve been having coupled with the fact of the shampoo bottle being on the
un-insulated ‘outside’ wall. Frustrated,
after a week of this, I took time to look at the bottle and noticed it was
plugged up with hardened shampoo leaving the opening far smaller than it was
intended to be.
It is still weird to think of this
happening because the type of shampoo I use is clear and has nothing that sticks
to the hair, so how would it possibly solidify enough at the top of the bottle
to plug it up? But sure enough it had closed
up the opening to less than half of the size thus slowing down the outflow
dramatically.
Just like our spiritual lives when we
suddenly feel plugged up as if the Spirit isn’t flowing through us or we can’t
seem to hear the Lord well anymore. We
think about doing this or that, but we don’t often think about really, deeply
looking at the issue to find the problem.
We’re a quick fix society, oil change in 10 mins., band aid over it,
mask the problem, but we don’t often go for the ‘get at the root of it’
solution… it just takes too long. Really
though, it just prolongs the problem.
I thought on my
ways, and turned my feet to Your testimonies. Ps. 119:59
And now so says Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart on
your ways; you have sown much and bring in little; you
eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink;
you dress, but no one is warm; and he who hires out himself hires himself for a
bag full of holes. Hg. 1:5,6
So what is it that is plugging up our flow
with the Lord? Is it putting our own
pleasures first- worldliness, ambition, inability to be still and listen, too
many of our own tasks; perhaps we still have God in a box instead of completely
surrendering to Him, His will and His ways.
Maybe we are being childish and doing it out of spite. No matter the reason. Take a close look and figure out what the
problem is. Then do something about it. Don’t just leave it all gummed up, knock out
that blockage!
with practical action if
possible.
with prayer for sure.