Water Always Seeks the Lowest Level

Water Always Seeks the Lowest Level (And so do people)

Water is one of the natural elements on earth and is absolutely necessary for life.  We are awed by the power and beauty of mountain streams and mighty rivers as they cut their course across the landscape.  I remember the first time I flew across the United States and looked down to see the Mississippi River.  It was amazing to see the vast expanse of America that it influences as it makes its course into the delta region and on to the Gulf of Mexico.

But despite all the grandeur and power of moving water in its natural state, water is controlled by one thing, gravity.  Gravity’s relentless force always pulls it downward.  For example, if you take a bucket of water and pour it out on the ground or floor you will notice that it always pools or gather in the low places.  Water that is free to flow always seeks the lowest level it can find.  No matter how high in the mountains  rivers form, they always flow downward, pulled by gravity toward the lowest level.

People are a lot like that.  If you take a bunch of people and mix them together in a place, they will eventually seek the lowest level in their human relationships.  History has proven this to be true.  Most of the current television "reality shows,  althought often contrived, reflect the truth of this dowandward flow in human relationships.

The only thing that can keep water from seeking the lowest level is to build a barrier or dam that will keep it on a “higher ground.” Without some restraint, water simply seeks the lowest level.

It is not possible to build a physical barrier that will prevent people from seeking their lower nature.  The only thing that can keep people from seeking a lower level of life is the intervention of God into their lives.  God, through Jesus Christ, becomes the force that keeps the flow of our life on a “higher level”.  God’s presence within, separates us from that downward spiral; seeking a lower level of life. 

With Christ in our life, we are enabled to live life on a higher ground than one we'd seek if not constrained within by the love of Christ.

 

Guess I'd better get to work on patching up my spiritual dam.  We're babysitting the grand kids this week and I think I just sprung a leak!

 

Now, let's ramble!