Irrigation...

Okay, so it's supposed to be a "Sunday" morning stroll, but since I'm in church on Sundays, I changed the day slightly.

I love days when just going outside makes you want to praise the Lord. The sun is shining, birds are singing, a slight breeze is blowing, and the smell of spring is in the air. (I know it's June, but it feels like spring.)

As I walked down this dirt road, I felt quite at home; in the country, hearing tractors and seeing old buildings. But then I heard a sound I'm not accustomed to- the sound of water.

Water is perhaps the most necessary element of life. For these farmers, it makes the difference between a great crop and a crummy one. Usually, we cannot count on rain in this part of the country, so the farmers here in Sidney have come up with a back-up plan. They irrigate the water from it's source, the Yellowstone River, to their fields.

As I pondered this, I remembered that Jesus is the Living Water. (John 4) He is the Source of Abundant and Everlasting Life. Yet there are many people in the world who are far from the Source, and cannot rely upon earthly resources. They are dying in lack of God's Word. The only way to get the Living Water to them is to "irrigate." -To send Christians out, into the field. To literally bridge the gap and take the Word of God to the lost people of the world.

The world is the field, dying in sin.
They need Living Water, to revive them again.
No rain from above, a dry desert land;
Not a farmer around, to lend them a hand.

The river is Jesus, with vict'ry o'er sin.
The Water is cleansing without and within.
Abundant to all, but no one will share.
No way to carry to the fields over there.

O Christian, you're the link from the river to the field.
You're the irrigation ditch to show the world He's real.
Will you take the gospel all throughout the land?
Will you be a farmer, and lend a helping hand?