Sept 6 He who believes in Me . . . out of his heart will flow rivers of living water —John 7:38

God rarely allows a person to see how great a blessing he is to others.
I think I'd have to agree with that statement, but it's kind of strange when you think about it. Wouldn't that be a great way for God to encourage us: to show us how our faithfulness has helped others or--even the opposite--how our lack of faith has negatively impacted others?  The more I learn about God, the more amazed I am at how His way of thinking and His way of doing things seems to be 180 degrees from how we humans would do things.  Similarly, the more I learn about Him the more I find myself looking for what would be the opposite of "the obvious" way to handle something, since that's probably how He'd do it. 

A river is victoriously persistent, overcoming all barriers.
Nature takes the path of least resistance.  We're all familiar with that saying and we've all most likely seen it at work multiple times.  This is another way of finding God in this world He's created.  I am ever cognizant of the difference between Creation and Nature: the former is what God created, the latter is what we humans have made of it with our sin.  I'll bet there was no "path of least resistance" in Eden because there was no need for such a thing; everything worked as it was created to.  But like so many other things that we see in the world around us, God has provided a work-around that works around the brokenness. 

Then keep paying attention to the Source, and God will either take you around the obstacle or remove it. The river of the Spirit of God overcomes all obstacles. Never focus your eyes on the obstacle or the difficulty.
This certainly reminds me of Matthew 14:30--through faith in his Lord, Peter is able to miraculously walk on water.  But the second he takes his eyes off the Source and instead regards the problem, he begins to sink.  This is one of my favorite pericopes from the NT because it is easy to apply it to our daily lives.  It's a great story to share with non-believers because even the vast majority of them know the story of Jesus walking on the water.  What they probably don't know is Peter's role in that story and the lesson learned from it.