Fizz it up!

The other day I was making a drink with our SodaStream machine.  If you haven't had the pleasure of one of these, you basically take water and put it under the machine and pump out some gas and voila!  You have a carbonated drink.   When you've fizzed the water you can add whatever flavouring you desire to it.  However, on occasions, I have tired to add the flavour without concentrating on the task in hand and suddenly I am faced with a volcanic eruption rivalling Mount Etna and a second water baptism!  

Sometimes we can be like that in our spiritual walk.   We can receive God's Word with joy and it bubbles up and fizzes over, but as quickly as it came, it's gone again and we're left with that 'flat' feeling and the sense that something isn't quite what it should be.   

Jesus said this:

Mark 4:16-17 (KJV)And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

Instead of the Word producing a harvest, it comes to nothing because we allow things that come against the word to bring up offene in us and so turn the ground (our heart) into an unfruitful place.

When we keep our eyes fixed on Jesus and don't allow the pressures of this life (afflictions) to distract us from what God says, then we can allow the seeds to grow in good ground, and of course that will lead to fruit and a harvest in our lives.

I've said this before, but it's still true - we do this by staying in the Word, being with Spirit lead people, listening to good Bible teaching, worshipping and speaking in tongues and praying/listening to God.   It's not rocket science - but we seem to have a hard time 'staying fizzy' don't we.   

So today, if you're feeling a bit flat, shake yourself, stir yourself up and remind yourself of the flavour (blessings, encouragements, words and all those good thing) God has given you to enjoy, to bless you and for your benefit! Let his WORD take root it your heart and fizz up and keep on fizzing.   

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