Polluted Fountains

 

Picture by Caprice Miller

“If the godly give in to the wicked, it’s like polluting a fountain or muddying a spring.” –          Proverbs 25:26

 “For you are the fountain of life, the light by which we see.” – Psalm 36:9

I’m not sure what is happening to this pretty fountain, but Caprice swears she didn’t do it.  I guess we’ll have to trust that she just happened upon it like this.  Occasionally pretty fountains like this need to be cleaned out, I suppose. Or someone got bored and said “I wonder what would happen if…”  Either way, the current state of this fountain is not as it should be – it’s polluted. 

It is a reminder of the verse above.  Too many times we allow ourselves to ponder the “I wonder what would happen if….” question to the extent that we actually test it.  Next thing you know you have a fountain full of bubbles and you are running for the nearest hiding place.  While bubbles in a fountain will soon go away, there are other actions that we give in to that aren’t as easily remedied.  The culture we live in today continually tugs at us to just go along with what they are pushing.  Sometimes the pull is so hard and the enticement so strong that we find it easier to give in than to fight against it.  As a result, our lives become polluted and muddy.  Our thoughts become polluted and muddy too.  We begin to even think that we may be so polluted that we can’t be used by God any longer.  We then allow that thought path of self-loathing to continue and convince ourselves that we are unworthy of God’s grace and forgiveness so we might as well just continue to give in to those enticements. 

This is such a common tool of the enemy.  He infiltrates our thoughts and plants lies that play over and over again until those lies drown out the truth about God’s love for us.  His lies cause us to shame ourselves into isolation from God and those who can speak truth into our lives.  But here’s the truth:  The Bible, God’s WORD, tells us we are not alone in this.  You see, we have all “given in to the wicked”….sinned…and have fallen way short of God’s glory.  (Romans 3:23)  The reality is that God Sacrificed His one and only Son, Jesus, for us though.  He did it so that we could be forgiven of those sins and be able to spend eternity with Him.  (John 3:16).  The second verse above reminds us that God is the fountain of life.  He will wash our lives and cleanse us of those sins that have polluted and muddied our lives.  In those times that we “give in to the wicked” it is imperative that we recognize the pollution we have brought into our lives and ask for forgiveness.  God’s desire is to have us step out of the polluted fountain and muddy spring and be cleansed from those sins.  Allow God be your fountain of life and be amazed as He cleanses your life and replaces the lies of the enemy with the truth and light of His love.