Time to dig some ditches

Growing up in South Texas I was familiar with the idea of irrigation, but never so much as the time I actually helped irrigate an orchard. My parents had purchased half an acre of an orchard that had been subdivided. Well, not ready to build a house on the land, they decided to irrigate the orange trees. The Rio Grande Valley in South Texas was built on irrigation and there are canals and irrigation pipes just about everywhere. We had to pay a fee to the city or county based on how much water we needed, then the water was turned on at the pipe nearest our land. It was up to us to get the water from that pipe to the land and of course we did this by means of ditches. It was not enough to just dig a ditch from the pipe to the edge of our little grove of trees, we had to dig ditches to control how the water was spread throughout the trees, otherwise it would have just run off and been wasted. I remember that day, because what was for the rest of my family a lot of hard work, was a lot of fun for a 12 year old boy and his friends. But, I learned something about irrigation that day. If you arent prepared for the water, you will not reap any benefits from it. In 2 Kings 3, the armies of Israel, Judah, and Edom are preparing to attack Moab and are moving through the wilderness of Edom. Vs 9 tells us that they went on a 7 day journey with no water. Realizing they were in trouble the kings asked if there was prophet in the company. Elisha, who at the time was still unknown, stepped up. After a rebuke of Ahab's son, he tells them to dig ditches because even without rain or wind the valley is going to be filled with water. I believe the Lord desires to fill our hearts and lives, but we need to dig some ditches to be prepared to handle it. There are several ditches we need to dig, but I just want to point out one: self-discipline. Without self-discipline any blessing that the Lord gives us is just going to be wasted. Many of us wonder why we don't see more of the Lord's blessings in our life, but we have no discipline. If we will work (digging a ditch is very hard work) and dicsipline ourselves, I believe the Lord will fill our lives to overflowing.