冲洗过滤器
“人若喝我所赐的水的，就永远不渴；
-约翰福音 4:14
“出了什么问题？”我打开灌溉器后反问自己。
“一定是过滤器的问题，”我断定。我关掉水，
今天的钥节揭示了耶稣是活水的源泉，
撒旦的目的是用罪恶和谎言“堵塞”我们心灵的过滤器，
约书亚·齐默尔曼 – 田纳西州派克维尔
“请来就近来这水，这里水源充足；这是一条永不干涸的河流”。
-约翰福音 4:14
“出了什么问题？”我打开灌溉器后反问自己。
“一定是过滤器的问题，”我断定。我关掉水，
今天的钥节揭示了耶稣是活水的源泉，
撒旦的目的是用罪恶和谎言“堵塞”我们心灵的过滤器，
约书亚·齐默尔曼 – 田纳西州派克维尔
“请来就近来这水，这里水源充足；这是一条永不干涸的河流”。
– 大卫和马克斯·萨普
—— 译自《溪水边》第一日, 阿米什人灵修。
Flushing the Filter
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. -John 4: 14
“What’s the problem here?” I asked myself after I had turned on the irrigation system. Instead of the usual erratic clicking, the fertilizer injector was only emitting an occasional erratic click, creaking and groaning as if under a burden. The lush, blooming flowers in their hanging pots would shortly wilt and die for lack of sustaining water and nutrients that were somehow being blocked from flowing through the irrigation system.
“It must be the filter,” I decided. I shut off the water, disassembled the protective casing of the filter, and removed the screen. It was clogged with so much limestone and other sediment that only a little water could flow through. Flushing out the sediment with a blast of water made the filter good as new again.
Today’s key verse reveals Jesus as the source of living water from which our souls can freely drink and be satisfied. This water is available to “whosoever will” (Revelation 22:17). A person who does not frequently replenish his natural body with water will soon dehydrate and eventually die. Likewise it is vital that we drink of the living water from Christ’s fountain to replenish the thirst of our souls and to sustain spiritually alive in Him.
Satan’s aim is to “clog the filter” of our hearts with sin and untruth, thereby restricting the flow of this life-sustaining water. Through the appeals of our carnal nature, he can cause the sediments of pride, lust, hate, anger, strife, or envy to accumulate in our lives. Let us frequently and thoroughly “flush the filter” by maintaining a good relationship with our Savior, so that His living water can always flow through and sustain our souls. Joshua Zimmerman – Pikeville, TN
Come to this water, there is a vast supply; there is a river that never shall run dry.
“What’s the problem here?” I asked myself after I had turned on the irrigation system. Instead of the usual erratic clicking, the fertilizer injector was only emitting an occasional erratic click, creaking and groaning as if under a burden. The lush, blooming flowers in their hanging pots would shortly wilt and die for lack of sustaining water and nutrients that were somehow being blocked from flowing through the irrigation system.
“It must be the filter,” I decided. I shut off the water, disassembled the protective casing of the filter, and removed the screen. It was clogged with so much limestone and other sediment that only a little water could flow through. Flushing out the sediment with a blast of water made the filter good as new again.
Today’s key verse reveals Jesus as the source of living water from which our souls can freely drink and be satisfied. This water is available to “whosoever will” (Revelation 22:17). A person who does not frequently replenish his natural body with water will soon dehydrate and eventually die. Likewise it is vital that we drink of the living water from Christ’s fountain to replenish the thirst of our souls and to sustain spiritually alive in Him.
Satan’s aim is to “clog the filter” of our hearts with sin and untruth, thereby restricting the flow of this life-sustaining water. Through the appeals of our carnal nature, he can cause the sediments of pride, lust, hate, anger, strife, or envy to accumulate in our lives. Let us frequently and thoroughly “flush the filter” by maintaining a good relationship with our Savior, so that His living water can always flow through and sustain our souls. Joshua Zimmerman – Pikeville, TN
Come to this water, there is a vast supply; there is a river that never shall run dry.
– David and Max Sapp
Cited from Day 1, Beside the Still Water, Amish Devotion.