Pouring It Out

2Samuel 23:16 So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the LORD.

We are capable of lusting. Duh. But, most of us generally assume that the object of our lust is something wicked or steamy at the least. Not necessarily. We also have the tendency to lust after the blessings of God. Now that’s a mouthful, but here’s the deal: When we attempt to hoard the blessings of God rather than God Himself, we begin the process of rotting from the inside. It’s what the children of Israel discovered with the manna that 24 hours later became maggots. Yummy! I think the milepost of a maturing Christian is when he or she attains the awareness of the sufficiency of The Savior. And, based on that sufficiency is willing to “pour out” even the greatest blessings back to The Lord, or at a minimum, to His Body, The Church. David exhibited incredible “chutzpah” in pouring out the very thing that he desired, AND that his men had risked their lives to attain. Listen, the point is NOT that David wasted the water. The point is that David’s heart, his character and motive, was rightly aimed at redirecting all glory and honor to God. He was “after” or perhaps better, he was “aimed at” or “directed at” God’s own heart (1 Samuel 13:14). What really is my focus? Yours?