Child plays in the puddle imagining he is the captain of a vibrant warship.  His mind is small and he does not conceive that very soon dry land will inhabit the real estate of his imagination.  He learns from experience and his parents that such play is only entertainment toward learning.

A puddle can be very large.  But there is a difference between a puddle and the lake or a sea or the ocean.  The only thing that feeds a puddle is a temporary downfall of moisture.  What feeds the others is a constant influx of water.

Many Christians live their lives as land destined to puddle.  When it is convenient they appear to be sufficient bodies of water; that is to say full of the Holy Spirit.  But give them some other time and they will appear dry as the desert.

The new Christian may witness their life and thinking to himself, “This is what is normal.  This is what I am expected to look like.  This is a sufficient life before the Lord.”

Teach the people what it means to have a constant influx of power from the Holy Spirit.  Teach them that sporadic behavior is not holy behavior.  Instruct them in the ways of maturity.  Lest they go about stomping their boots in puddles, imagining themselves to have won the Lord’s favor.