Day 19 - The Heart's Ecosystem - More of Jesus Devotional

The Heart's Ecosystem

Zema Chambers

Luke 6:45 - "The good man out of the good treasure of his

heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the

evil treasures brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks

from that which fills his heart." (The KJV it says "out of the

abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.")

abundance - periseuma (per-is'-syoo-mah) - a surplus or superabundance; what is left over after something is full;

there is enough and extra to spare

Once when I was at my niece's house, she had a lovely pool

of water called a "patio pond". Right in the city she had a

refreshing pond. The pond had a waterfall over some rocks

that poured into a pond at the bottom of the structure. The

whole draw of this pond was that after a busy day, you could

sit by it, watch the fish swim and unwind from the busy day.

I began to wonder how that pond kept working. Of course, I

understood that there was a pump that kept the water

recycling. The plan of the pond includes a complete cleaning

system. But, as I stared at that pond, I wondered if that pond

ever would get dry. Would it ever run out of water?

As I looked at that pond, I wondered how it keeps spilling

over from one place to the next. My niece explained that

every day, she had to add water or the system wouldn't

continue to work. The whole ecosystem must have enough

water to spill from one area of the pond to the next. There

must be an abundance of water that will fall from one place

to the next.

The Holy Spirit dropped deep into my heart a reminder that the "ecosystem" of the Father's Presence in me must be filled to overflowing. My life is more than just a pond that keeps refilling, but it is an abundance of what He is working in me. What I have in my "ecosystem" (my heart) is what flows out of my mouth.

Questions:

What finds a way of surviving in my heart? What do I "feed" on – Facebook, the Bible, the news, etc?

How do I permit the Presence of the Holy Spirit to fill me and then overflow from me?

How do I give from the extra of Him so there is extra flowing out of me as I speak and act?