Flowing waters don’t stink

If you’ve ever paid attention to bodies of water, you’ll notice a distinct difference between water that’s sitting still and stagnating and water that’s continuously flowing. Some bodies of water without an outlet—even if they have an inlet—the water just sits there and slowly accumulates. It tends to grow and collect all kinds of unsavory things: algae, cattails, muck, people’s trash and whatever else. Basically, it becomes a swamp. The water starts to smell bad and no one wants to have much to do with it. Even the ducks are somewhat selective in this regard. They just look at it and say, “I know we’re supposed to like swamps, but seriously?” Then they just keep flying to a little more attractive habitat.

It’s interesting, but unfortunate, to note that these swamp-like bodies of water can be accurate representations of our lives. Sometimes due to neglect, inattention, or even just greed we can tend to collect all that life-giving water for ourselves. We can have a great deal of talent or wealth in many areas—even materially—but not much of it flows out of us for the benefit of other people. It’s all dammed up and has nowhere to go. We then become like that figurative swampland. Since the water’s not moving through us it begins to stagnate and grow and collect various kinds of bad-smelling flora. We can even get used to this. But even if we don’t smell it, other people can.

On the other hand, if you’ll notice a fast-moving body of water, like a creek or small mountain river; they don’t have this problem. The water is constantly flowing, constantly moving, and any chance for bad-smelling elements to accumulate is pretty much non-existent. This water tends to be very clean and pure. No bad smelling elements can grow because it’s moving too fast, and any impurities that were in it tend to get cleaned out by the water’s constant movement. This flowing water may not even be as large or comparable in quantity to the large body of stagnating water, but it’s spread so efficiently over a broad area that it gives life to an entire forest region. Plants, animals, and people all benefit from it because it’s not kept all to itself, but it’s generously allowing that life-giving water to flow through it. These are the flowing waters that don’t stink.
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If you’ll notice in this analogy, it’s not even the amount of water that’s the difference-maker here, but what that water does with itself. Similarly, whatever talents, gifts, or wealth we have to give—however small—can make all the difference in the environment around us. Those people we come in contact with every day are directly benefitted by what we have to offer. Keeping it all to ourselves doesn’t benefit them. It doesn’t even benefit us because we become like that swamp water that starts to stink. The more we are held up and bound up within ourselves the darker our lives become. But as we reach out and give of what we have the more light shines through us. It’s all about being in the flow. If you’re constantly flowing it ensures you won’t become the kind of water that stinks.

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2 thoughts on “Flowing waters don’t stink”

  1. Thank you Brad. This message was so good. I can relate to being compelled to share the goodness of God’s love, his word and kindness with others. It is so good I can’t keep it to myself. God bless you and may the Lord use the overflow of his goodness through you to bless many.

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