Daily Devotion For September 9

Whirlpool

My husband and our family had been in Mexico for a while when we discovered a gorgeous new beach. We were walking one day and saw the petroleum processing plant nearby and decided to head for there. The beach ended abruptly at the start of the plant. You couldn't walk any further because there was a hill blocking the way.

It took a while to reach that spot, and when we arrived we were rather weary. We were also hot so we decided to wade into the water to cool off.

Well we were in for a surprise, because the water was almost hot like bath water. What was going on here?

We soon learned that the plant took in sea water to cool down their machinery. When they were done with it they pumped the water back through a little stream and into the sea. This made the water nice and warm.

A few days later we returned to the spot to go and swim. But we soon discovered that this was not so easy. This is because there were two types of water coming in from two sides. There was the hot water coming in from one place, and the sea coming in at right angles.

This made the water swirl and we found ourselves going round and round in circles. The water was also quite choppy and it was not easy to get out of the little whirlpool that was carrying us around. Sometimes the guys in the family had to help the others out.

That was a crazy experience, because even though we were trying to get out of the whirlpool, it was hard to do so. We were carried with the flow and had to work against it to leave the water again.

When I looked at what happened there, the Lord gave me a picture of many believers. It is as though they are going round and round in circles, doing the same things over and over again.

Perhaps right now you are in this sort of position. You are in a kind of a rut where you have been doing the same ministry or the same thing for the Lord for a long time. This is not necessarily bad, but we have found that the Lord often wants to break us out of that rut.

Maybe you sense that you are in that whirlpool right now. You are feeling restless and think that there is something new and different for you.

If this is what you are feeling, then know that the Lord is working. He has heard you and knows the good things that He has for you. He will soon make a way to pull you to the shore and lead you out into something new.

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If you feel like you are going round and round in circles at the moment, I thank the Lord that He has something new for you. He is ready and waiting to pull you out and give you a new direction.

Thank you Lord that you do not want us to do things by rote. But as we wait on you, you will lead us in whichever way you choose.

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Today may the Lord help you out of any whirlpool you are in, and give you a new, exciting direction.