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YOUR WATER POT

by Sam Bowles, 05/06/07 p.m.

DETERMINING THE NATURAL AND THE SPIRITUAL THINKING

Isaiah 55:9 says, “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

When God does something He has a purpose for it. I’ve questioned God from time to time, but when I see the end result I know He was right all along! We should trust God and learn not to stress out, because when God is moving, things are changing. God always thinks ahead, so get out of carnality and don’t dwell in the past. Trust God instead of your own thinking.

Romans 8:5 says, “For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.”

One meaning of the word mind is “entertains and has an opinion to think in a certain direction or a certain interest”. Many times we entertain the flesh and afterward we get frustrated, because we could have easily got into God’s Word and it would have helped us for days and days. I’ve never watched a movie that I enjoyed more than a couple of hours after it was over.

Another meaning for the word mind is “to fence in, to close, to block up, or to captivate! We can fence in our mind where we don’t think outside what we know or believe! A fence restrains something, and we can do that with our minds. If we fence it in on the carnal side, we keep the Spirit of God out and the flesh in. What we see, hear, think, and feel is carnally motivated.

Again, Romans 8:5 says, “For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.” You can also fence in the spiritual mind and be renewed daily through the power of the Holy Ghost. Then we will have the mind of Christ.

Romans 8:6 says, “For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.” To box in the natural mind is death.

Romans 8:7-8 says, “Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.” We are born with the carnal mind, but when we are “born again” old things are passed away, and all of the old nature should be gone out of our life and buried.

Jesus was going to Galilee but He had to get off of his route, because He had an unction from the Holy Spirit to go into Samaria. John, Chapter 4, tells us that Jesus NEEDED to go through Samaria. Being weary, he sat on the well, and a woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me to drink,” and she wanted to know why He was even speaking to her! At that time the Jews considered the Samaritans as dogs. However, Jesus doesn’t care what you’ve done in the past, what you think about yourself, or what others think about you. He cares about the need of your soul. ALL who come to Him have the ability to become the sons of God, and He will go OUT of HIS WAY for you.

Jesus will go out of His way to meet with one person! John 4:10 says, “Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.” The gift of God is salvation. The woman did not perceive what Jesus was saying, because she saw that He had no water pot, so how was He going to give her a drink? We pay too much attention to natural things when we bring a need to the Lord.

You can draw natural water with a bucket, but it can’t hold any more than its capacity limit. At full capacity it is heavy. We fill our bucket with our children, our spouse, our finances, troubles and worries, other people, and we take it to the Lord day after day. Our hands and our hearts get weary lifting that heavy water pot! God can’t move like that. Put it on the altar and quit taking it home with you. 2 Corinthians 3:17 says, “Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”

Genesis says when the Spirit of God moved, things happened. Things became when God’s Spirit moved, and not until! When God moves, He changes things, people are delivered, and hell is damaged. You can’t stomp your foot and do anything to the devil. However, if God gets on your foot, you can stomp the devil, and it will make a difference! If God’s not on your hands, leave them in your pocket.

John 4:14 says, “But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” If your water spring is stopped, first check your salvation, and then hammer the devil!

Verse 15 says, “The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.” When I am thirsty, common sense tells me to go where the water is. Are you thirsty for God? Do you know where to find that living water? It seems so hard to get there. We are carrying such a heavy load.

Look at Verse 28 that says, “The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way. . . .” You need to leave your water pot, forsake your natural thinking, and put your burdens on God’s altar! Quit dragging that weight around. Quit trying to figure out how you can do it all, and get God’s living river flowing through you! Lay some things down and get right with God. God help us to get to the Spiritual side where there is liberty and peace and where the anointing destroys every bondage!

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