"Land that drinks in the rain..."

Reading Hebrews 6:7-12
"Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it..."

In a world of complaining and discontent, where nothing is ever good enough, fast enough, or accomodating enough it is a wonderfully contrary perspective to see myself as "Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it." Many of us go through life feeling empty or at least feeling like some essential piece of the puzzle to our happiness is missing. We don't often think to challenge these vague feelings. We give them an authority and a prophetic voice in our life that is unwarranted.

The truth about me is that I am "land that drinks in the rain often falling on it." The truth about us is that God "has given us everything we need for life and godliness" (II Peter 1:3). If I don't challenge the feelings of deprivation I am subject to be mastered by them.

Often it never occurs to us that without any change in our circumstances we could think about our life in a radically different way. Give it a try.