There are 5 sponges laying on your kitchen counter top. Each member of your family has been cleaning up different areas of your home, but all the sponges look the same. You are curious as to what was cleaned in your home, but you can't tell by looking; they all look the same, so what do you do? You squeeze each sponge to see what comes out.
As you squeeze the first sponge, you see that cola comes out, so you decide that someone cleaned the kitchen with that one.
Upon squeezing the second sponge, you find tub and tile cleaner--that one was used to clean the bathroom.
In the third sponge, you find motor oil--hubby was cleaning the garage!
In the fourth sponge, baby powder puffs out when it is squeezed--yep, the baby's nursery was done with that one!
In the last one is floor wax--that was the one you used on the hall floor!
As you lay the last sponge down, you look again at their similarity--and they all look the same until they're squeezed.
Christians are the same way. As life squeezes us, different things come out--anger from one, a need for revenge from another, tears from one, remorse from yet another, greed, untruth, lust; finally, some saints pour forth the love of Christ.
Just like the sponge, we can only squeeze out what is put in. Stay in the God's Word daily and be in continuous prayer, so that when life puts the squeeze on us, and it WILL, Jesus and Jesus ALONE will shine forth from us!
Have a blessed, squeaky clean day!
As you squeeze the first sponge, you see that cola comes out, so you decide that someone cleaned the kitchen with that one.
Upon squeezing the second sponge, you find tub and tile cleaner--that one was used to clean the bathroom.
In the third sponge, you find motor oil--hubby was cleaning the garage!
In the fourth sponge, baby powder puffs out when it is squeezed--yep, the baby's nursery was done with that one!
In the last one is floor wax--that was the one you used on the hall floor!
As you lay the last sponge down, you look again at their similarity--and they all look the same until they're squeezed.
Christians are the same way. As life squeezes us, different things come out--anger from one, a need for revenge from another, tears from one, remorse from yet another, greed, untruth, lust; finally, some saints pour forth the love of Christ.
Just like the sponge, we can only squeeze out what is put in. Stay in the God's Word daily and be in continuous prayer, so that when life puts the squeeze on us, and it WILL, Jesus and Jesus ALONE will shine forth from us!
Have a blessed, squeaky clean day!
3 comments:
David applies Chrisitanity to sponges. He says we should not simply always be the sponge but sometimes we should be the hose. lol :)
What a great analogy! I can tell when even ONE day goes by that I am not in God's Word. I don't like myself and I'm SURE no one else does, either!
Hope you guys have a great weekend!
Oh wow! I needed this! Thanks!
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