Tuesday, June 06, 2006,5:58 p.m.
Water From the Throne
Here are a couple of pictures from the weekend's trip to Kelowna. I was obviously feeling rather artsy-fartsy (go figure, eh?).




A view of the pier outside our camp (Green Bay Bible Camp) building.
















This is a picture of the pier on the property beside the camp, with the lights of Kelowna in the background.


I obviously have a thing about water. But why not? It's beautiful, it's fun, and in the scriptures it has much significance. The book of Ezekiel describes a river coming from the throne, and the water feeds fruit trees that bear fruit all year round. (Ezekiel 47:1-12 is well worth spending some time on.)

"Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing." (Ezekiel 47:12)

If we think if ourselves as the fruit trees, designed to continually bear good fruit all year long, we must recognize that our nourishment comes only from the throne of God.

If we recognize that our nourishment - spiritual, physical, emotional and mental - comes only from the throne of God, what affect will that have on the way we seek our sustainance or how often and how deeply we hunger?

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." (Matthew 5:6)
 
posted by Karyn Baker
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