Which river are you?

I see that i haven't posted in over 2 weeks, slacker I am LOL
Well, alot has been going on in my life which I have done a lot of re evaluating where I am in Christ and seeing what needs to be worked on. Yet He never ceases to amaze me when He puts words in my heart for another and that what comes out just blows me away. I think " Lord , I never knew I had that in me, where did that come from or Lord!!! What are you doinggggg! Yet I am learning to make the choice to obey. Like I said in the past post or so .... that He is turning my life , attitudes and such around so that it glorifies Him and only Him. At times my stomach gets butterflies yet I continue to say HERE I AM, LORD!
Lately I have been listening or reading at a forum about other lives of Christians.. listening to them vent and so forth. I have been blown away by the immaturity of many and the maturity of few. I ponder on what God thinks about maturing in Him. Are we supposed to be stuck in a rut drinking milk or are we supposed to move forward in our growth and start chewing on the word and drinking the wine of the spirit. Many spiritual babies have been saved many years, it is so sad. It makes me wonder how truly hungry they are for Him. Satan seems to have a hold on people in this position.
It really comes back to that dreaded word most of us hate to read or hear CHOICE and a second one called DISCIPLINE! When we choose to discipline ourselves it is then that the choices we make become easier for us especially when we choose to walk close to Him.
So many christians are not walking in a place of closeness that they do not even smell like Him.
Have you ever been close to a person with perfume and end up with some of that smell on you.. that is what we are supposed to be like with Jesus. However many of us are closer to the stench of the world. Ever been near someone that smoked and come home smelling like it. Yeah you get the picture!
I want to smell like I have been in the fresh river too... that sweet smell of having been washed clean instead of swimming or diving into a muddy river.. ick that is too disgusting to me but guess what many of us are doing that... we rather have a mix then the pure sweet smell of the river of life! How are we supposed to be getting clean in a muddy river... you can't!
How can you find anything in a muddy river?? It's hard to see you end up swimming with your eyes closed... reminds my of the blind leading the blind and they both fall into a ditch. So if your a leader and you are swimming in the muddy stuff... people are following you, guess what.. you all will go astray.. where as when you swim in the clear, sweet river, you can swim with your eyes open... the Sun can shine through the water and make it crystal clear and that is when you can find the treasures He puts there! The sun cannot shine through muddy water no matter what you do with it!
You know it just occured to me... I believe there are certain birds that fly and dive into the water to retrieve fish some with their feet and some with there beaks... I am sure they can see the fish better in clear water than in muddy water ! Do you think when we are witnessing ( fishing) we see better when it is clear water than muddy and that we are sweet smelling instead of foul smelling?
Who would you rather be,like sweet smelling clear river flowing out of you or the foul smelling muddy river flowing out of you? Remember this is what people of the world will see!
Until Next time ..... keep staying close to HIM!