Give Life To Those Around You

This post is inspired by one of the biblical documentaries I watched on pay-per-view history channel.  It was about the Jordan Rift Valley which is one of the most interesting geological structures in the world, stretching from Lake Homs in Syria, all the way down to Lake Victoria in Africa. The Rift Valley encompasses two landlocked bodies of water: the Sea of Galilee, located 700 feet below sea level, and the Dead Sea, located 1,300 feet below sea level.

Both seas are located in the same valley, fed by the same Jordan River. Yet, they are completely different in nature. The Sea of Galilee is a freshwater lake packed with fish, while the Dead Sea is thirty-three percent salt in which no living thing can exist.

The difference between the two lakes is that the northern Sea of Galilee has a southern exit through which it can give out the water it takes in. The Dead Sea does not. The water that enters the Dead Sea is not allowed to circulate. It has no exit, so it stagnates, dries up, and gel, until it forms large blocks of salt around the shores of the sea.

That history got me thinking endlessly, and I thought within me, perhaps it would be nice if all of us can be like the northern Sea of Galilee and allow dreams and creative ideas to flow into our lives and circulate with our time, talents, abilities, energies, and education.  We must share our knowledge with others because as we share our knowledge with others, “we will be enriching their lives and cause the growth of the body for the [building up] of itself in love” (Ephesians 4:15-16).

Let’s all be service minded, so that we can be used by God and give life to those around us. Trust me on this, it’s not easy to share your knowledge continually, but we can all give it a try.

Ki olorun wa pelu yin - Amin!