Tonight in prayer meeting one of the elders was telling us a story about a nearby farmer. This farmer has an amazingly large collection of antique farm equipment. Well there was this one piece of machinery that they were needing to remove this one bolt from in order to move it, otherwise they would have to bring in a large costly crane to remove the engine in order that it could be relocated.

All the men gathered and tried to come up with the best way to budge this old rusted bolt and to no avail it would not move. But one man said, "Give me some time, and I will get this bolt to move." Every day he would stop by spray a little WD40 on that bolt, then take a hammer to his wrench and "tap, tap, tap". He repeated this process every day for many weeks. Finally, it was loosened.

Then this elder related this story to how sometimes in our lives we get so stuck in things that hold us back like our pasts, sin, unforgiveness, stagnation, routines, self righteousness etc. Then God has to take a little WD40 and "tap, tap, tap" the things in our lives that bind us up from doing His perfect will. The pastor mentioned that the "WD" in WD40 stands for water displacement, or could correlate to the living water.

Sometimes God needs a little WD40 to loosen hindrances. Sometimes He needs an axe to completely remove things from your life. Sometimes it is a little pruning sheer. Sometimes all He needs is a little sandpaper to smooth it out.



But one thing is for sure, and it is promised by God. No matter what valley or season you are going through, He will finish what He has started in you!



Just had another thought on this... sometimes the tap tap tap in conjunction with the Holy Spirit water (WD40) can also be correlated to the tapping Jesus does on our hearts.