3 Buckets and a Sponge

Look at your life as a sponge and imagine three buckets beside you. The first bucket is full of water and represents the living water of Christ. The second is one-quarter full of water, and the third is empty. As the sponge, you fully immerse yourself in the first bucket, the living water, and let it fill up every available space. Once full, you then squeeze and empty yourself into the second bucket, which obviously needs more water to become full. You repeat this process several times until the second bucket is full and now prepared to share its water. You then immerse yourself in the second bucket, and pour the water into bucket number three, which has an even greater need than the second bucket did. As this is repeated several times, bucket number three slowly becomes filled as well.How is it that all three buckets are now full? Little wonder that Jesus himself says, “Whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:14). Because Christ provides an eternal spring, the first bucket will never run out of water. You can immerse yourself in it again and again. Then buckets number two and three and four and five can be filled as well.