You pick up the second sponge and squeeze it. Out comes chocolate milk. It was used to clean up the mess from what the glass spilled on the dining room table.
You pick up the third sponge and squeeze it. Out comes clean water. It was used to clean up the water from the leaky faucet under the kitchen sink. All the sponges absorbed something different, and what came out told a story about where they had been.
Our minds are like those sponges. Whatever we put into our minds will come out once it is squeezed. What we dwell on in our minds, and what we watch with our eyes, is absorbed into the sponge. Jesus said, “Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is clear, your whole body is also filled with light, but when your eye is bad, your whole body also is filled with darkness” (Luke 11:34).
When life squeezes us, whatever we soaked up comes out. For some people, the squeeze releases outbursts of anger (Gal. 5:20). For others, the squeezing brings out tears. But for those who have been spending time with God, the love of Jesus pours out. What comes out depends on what your mind has been soaking up.
What have you been absorbing into your sponge? We should pray, “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer” (Ps. 19:14) www.makinglifecount.net
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