Here's a quote I read recently: "Anyone who has a well, knows you have to 'Prime the Pump' before
you get any water. In order to prime the pump, you have to give it a little water so you can then pump out a lot."
you get any water. In order to prime the pump, you have to give it a little water so you can then pump out a lot."
Somehow, adding water to the pump helps force air out of the machinery and assists the water to be drawn out. You have to "add water to get more water". Our small group was reading through the very short Bible book of Philemon this week. There are many excellent points to be drawn from this one-chapter story, but one verse reminded me of pump-priming: Philemon 1: 6 "I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ". Exercising our faith walk is like priming our faith to grow. It's as if we encourage our spiritual pipeline to be filled with spiritual truth when we begin to look for opportunities to share, to encourage, to minister, and to be a "vessel" for the Lord to pour through. Once a pump is primed, it tends to remain effective as long it is not allowed to sit too long and allow air to reenter the mechanism.
blessings,
Rob Smith
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