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Buckets vs. Hoses
What’s the difference?
Buckets are receptacles and hoses are conduits.
Buckets are good for collecting things, like water, but if you don’t do anything w/ the water it either evaporates or stagnates.
The water has got to move.
Hoses are conduits.
The water won’t stand as long as the source is open.
It moves.
Have you ever tried to move a bucket of water?
How heavy is a 5-gallon bucket of water?
When I was a kid a friend and I thought that if water balloons were good, a water-filled trash bag was excellent.
Except we couldn’t pick up the bag of water.
Fire fighting improved dramatically when they moved from bucket lines to water lines.
People’s lives improved dramatically when technology moved from the well and bucket system to water lines in the house.
Indoor plumbing!
Life got a whole lot better when the water passed thru.
Like with water, our spiritual lives, and the lives of those around us improve dramatically when we’re hoses, not buckets.
When we receive something from God and let it pass through us, we act on it, people’s lives are positively affected.
I have encountered a number of Christians who pray dramatic and theological prayers that affect little change.
For instance, “Oh Lord, do a great work in Munds Park.
Make yourself known here so that many more will turn to you and be saved.”
So, how does God answer that, typically?
He says, “Here’s what I want you to do that will make Me known so that people will turn to me...”
Too many times that prayer, or one like it, is spoken and the speaker either doesn’t listen to God’s response or does but does not act on it.
We prayed our prayer, people heard us and we sound spiritual, now it’s someone else’s turn and we listen to them, not God.
A receptacle.
Either empty or nasty.
Evaporated or stagnated.
Neither is good for anything.
Like Jonah sitting in the sun waiting and watching for God to work.
Expecting God would just do it.
God had told Jonah what to do and expected him to act on it and when he didn’t he sent the fish to get his attention.
Even then, he sat by expecting God to do all the work.
God’s program is for us to listen to His instructions, then act on what He tells us.
As a result, some of the people around us will want to hear God, too.
That’s discipleship.
A hose.
Attached to the source and everything flows through and does a lot of good for a lot of people.
One difference between Saul and David.
One was a bucket.
The other, a hose.
Saul; a bucket
There was a day when Saul heard from God.
But he never acted completely on it.
(Amalekites and Agag)
What he didn’t act on, he didn’t allow to pass thru entirely.
His spiritual life stagnated and eventually evaporated.
In this case, God never spoke to him nor did he direct Saul to kill David.
When you don’t hear from God you’re left to make it up on your own.
In which case you’ll be wrong almost all the time and do a lot of harm.
Those who rarely communicate w/ God regularly underestimate Him.
Not the case w/ David.
He was a hose.
David; a hose
David took the time to inquire of God.
Ephod was a vest that the priest would wear when it was time to hear from God.
Like dressing up out of respect when you’re going to meet someone.
David regularly communicated w/ God through the priest.
Communication - When both parties understand.
Just b/c one party is talking does not mean the other party understands.
Both parties understand and action is taken.
It was consistent w/ David.
It’s a learned skill.
Those who regularly communicate w/ God rarely misunderstand Him.
We can be really good at speaking theological prayers but really bad at listening.
We become buckets when we don’t listen or when we listen but fail to do anything w/ what we hear from God.
We are spiritual hoses when we pray simple prayers then listen for God’s response and act on what we hear.
When we do this, good things happen on our lives and the ppl around us.
Abigail was a hose in David’s life.
She heard from God, applied it and it helped a lot of people.
is the story of David, Abigail, and Nabal.
Intros
Nabal.
Very wealthy.
A Calebite from Carmel.
Near Bethlehem.
In fact, his family founded Bethlehem.
He and David are related, Distant, but related.
He was surly and mean.
Hard and evil.
A nasty, arrogant man.
His wife, Abigail.
Beautiful and intelligent.
Wise.
Maybe opposites attract.
Certainly, an arranged marriage.
What would she have seen in him?
When Nabal’s servants were shearing their sheep David and his men provided protection for them.
In Ch. 24 the Phil’s raided Keilah and stole all the livestock.
David prevented that from happening to Nabal.
When they were done, as was the custom, David sent Nabal a bill.
Not extraordinary, but customary.
Billed
1 Samuel 25:
David’s message
He blessed him.
Long life and good health.
More than a polite and respectful greeting.
Truly wishing well for Nabal.
He reminded him.
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