The first rays of dawn began to illuminate the eastern h...

The first rays of dawn began to illuminate the eastern horizon as we strode up the hill in our neighborhood.  “Maybe we need to turn on our sprinklers, too!” I joked at Kim as we quickly walked past the home whose sprinkler system was obviously on an automatic timer.   “The ground is saturated!” she replied, seeing as how we just got several inches of rain over the weekend.  That’s why I’m positive that our neighbor forgot to turn off the automatic sprinkler. 

I couldn’t help but think of my own yard and the grass that had been turning brown due to lack of water before we got the deluge from above.  As we continued our walk up the hill, I glanced back at the yard we had just passed and saw that it was lush and green, although a bit waterlogged at the moment.

My mind wandered to a comparison of watering of the lawn to my personal devotional practices.  Have I let my devotion to the Lord and spending time in His Word become a sporadic practice or am I more disciplined about my time with God?  Does my spiritual life look like my yard at times or is it regularly watered with God’s Word and prayer time like the other yard that was healthy?

I know that it’s easy to let life get in the way of our time with God and His Word, but it is a much needed discipline that keeps us plugged into the true source of our prosperity, which is God.

Joshua tells the children of Israel in Joshua 1:8; “Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.”

I think that it’s better to water our lives with God’s Word and time in His presence even if we do feel full to overflowing at times.  That would be far better than to think that we’ve gotten enough nourishment to do us for the long haul and later find ourselves parched and withered from lack of the sustenance that we can only receive from God and His Word.  Maybe you’ll remember to keep the sprinklers turned on, too!