Do I Have a Wet Heart? – Part 2

Our herd is growing!  We are pleased to introduce Dave Borders as a contributor to the site.  Dave hails from the Mountain Time Zone in Colorado. We are excited for Dave’s insights, tips, and ideas that he’ll bring to Godly Sheep, so please give him your warmest welcome!

The question has been posed, “Do I have a Wet Heart?”  Like any good preacher, I stole this idea and now wish to follow up with a few thoughts of my own.
Let’s start by answering the question.  Whoever you are, the answer is, “Yes”.  Whether you are a vocal follower of Christ, or the basest heathen, a passionate atheist or an uncommitted agnostic the answer is still, “Yes”.  How can I say this? The human body is made up of 80% water.  That’s pretty wet.  Without water we begin to die. When we stop drinking, we begin to shrivel up.

Spiritually speaking, we are all looking for some water to quench our thirst.  An unbeliever will drink just about anything to quench that thirst.  Unfortunately too many Christians get to a place in their walk where they being to feel that they need less water.  Thirsty?  No, not me.  I already drank the water of life.  I’m good.  Is it any surprise then, when we begin to see our spiritual life dissipate?
I love the many passages of Scripture that talk about us in earthly, farming terms.  Jeremiah 4:3 is a good example where God’s people are commanded to break up their fallow ground.  Have you ever planted a garden?  What did you do?  Did you just walk outside and toss some seed on top of hardened soil and hope for the best?  Since you live in the city, did you just toss the seeds onto the concrete and expect a miracle to happen? I’m not an expert farmer by any means, but even I know that the first thing you’ve got to do is till the land.  Get the soil ready to receive.  This requires a great deal of effort.  If you could ask the earth itself, it probably is a bit painful.  If that soil was your hard human heart, you’d at least flinch while I came at you with my hoe and spade!  As difficult as this must be, it’s for the best.  The ground must be prepared if we are going to expect any growth at all.

Once the ground work is finished (see how clever I am?) the water can reach the deeper places.  The water can now saturate the soil and do its best work. We realize that this is only the beginning, and that our garden is going to need to be watered regularly if we want to enjoy the sweet fruit that is to come. This is the responsibility of the Believer.  We are to carefully cooperate with God in our Christian growth after we are regenerated, or given new life.  Titus 3:5, John 3:3, Eph 1:15

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