I don’t know who said it first, but there is a saying that goes…

"The grass is greener where you water it."

I believe this saying came about in response to another saying that we all know:

“The grass is greener on the other side of the fence."

In these two sayings we are encouraged to not to get stuck in comparison, and to take care of what we have been given, or where we have been placed. Personally, I like both sayings, but as I was sitting in my backyard this morning another thought occurred to me.

When you see green grass, consider what’s watering it.

My backyard is green right now. However, it actually hasn’t rained in our town in weeks, if I remember correctly. At least not enough to sustain green grass.

My grass is green because it receives water from a man-made sprinkler system and man-made fertilizer, but what my grass really loves is rain. My sprinkler system may keep it green in the summer, but rain is what really makes it thrive.

All that to say, green grass in and of itself does not indicate true health. You have to consider its water source. Like the grass, our lives our at their best when they are watered from the heavens instead of the earth.

In Matthew 5:3 when Jesus said, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven," I don’t think He was asking us to live in spiritual depravity.

I believe He was asking us to consider ourselves at our best when His spirit is the source of our vitality. He was asking us to be hungry for something we can’t supply for ourselves, and that is the rejuvenation that comes from abiding in His presence. No earthly thing could possibly satisfy that hunger.

Comparison always leaves us feeling like we are not good enough, but this is not a sign of humility or spirituality. However, being hungry for His spirit and recognizing that our spirit is poor without His, is.

Many peoples' lives appear to be glamorous under the watering of worldly success, but the reality is they are living in spiritual poorness because they have not placed themselves under the rain of Heaven.

They depend on the wrong source.

Certainly, our lives are more enticing when they are well watered, and it is His words and commandments that bring us those results. It is everything by His spirit that satisfies a spirit devoid of his.

I have attached a link below to Isaiah 55 for your encouragement and hope you will spend some time meditating on His word to water your spirit today.