Ever heard of a "bio-filter"? It's an interesting illustration. I think I heard that 3/4 of the word doesn't have clean water to drink that is easily accessible. 3/4. We're smart. We have technology and we can manufacture so many things- how do people go without water? A man is collecting bikes to send to Togo so that children don't have to walk for miles and miles to get to school... Someone else is digging wells so that children can skip the walk to get water and can go to school instead. Bio-filters can be built anywhere. Can be built with a little bit of knowledge and a small amount of materials. Here's the thing that I'm looking fr the lesson in- The "bio" aspect of this is that the top layer of this type of filter encourages bacteria and other ugly looking stuff- you would not look at it and think, "Yeah- that's packing something that I want to drink," but beneath that thin layer is where the sweet water is. The layer over the top will disqualify the water if you look without knowledge of how these things work... Judgement based on the knowledge common to a man will disqualify receiving from this well. but there is a knowledge that we don't have until we have been brought into that knowledge... It has to be gained before it is useful. Seek to understand the rules of the realm so that the blessings will not pass you by because you think that what you see on the surface is present at the core. Don't be fooled by your weak stomach. Don't be disuaded by your understanding- Get it in you. See the sheet and hear His voice as He says "don't call unclean what I have called clean"

Moses on the banks of the wide red sea

I've been hearing about Moses and that he did miracles. Some of the understanding is that HE did the miracles. God gave him the power and he did what God said to do and the miracle happened. "I haven't got anything to show Pharoah to make him bend to your will God" "Throw down your staff..." Did God infuse the stick with mystical miracle power? I don't think so. He spoke to Moses, Moses followed His direction and Moses did the miracle. "Pick it up..." It was a snake until He grabbed it's tail and then it became the staff once again. "God, we're trapped" "You hold out your staff, Moses, and see what happens" Moses held out his staff and the water parted. It parted. IT PARTED... "Everybody is thirsty and there is no water..." "Take your staff and strike the rock" Water comes from the rock. "We're losing this battle" "Raise your staff" "WE'RE WINNING!" "But my arms are getting tired" Joshua, "Holding them up Boss" Battle won as long as the staff is up... pretty special staff... You missed it. "God, we are out of water!" "Tell the stone to give you water" "I'll go get my magic staff and-" "Speak to the rock" "Let me just-" "Moses- MO-ses - MOSES!!!" "moses, I told you to speak to the stone" "But God I lost my-" "I told YOU to SPEAK to the stone" Moses was responsible. God told him to do it and he was fine up until God took the crutch and Moses had been using and told him to do it a different way. Speak it, the power is in your words and your intent. The power is in your will. You speak the words that are in your heart and see the miracle happen. You love the people who the miracle is for and the power for the miracle is mined. Moses went back to the formula. He did what he did because it worked before, not because he had faith in what God was doing today. Have faith in what God is doing today. There is life in that. Anything else is vain repetition.