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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Watchman Nee shared about rinsing rice in a basket. The idea was "I feel like I am not retaining anything when I read the word" and the point of the illustration was that even if you don't retain the water, the rice still gets cleaned. It was an encouragement that there is a benefit to reading the word whether you can quantify and measure it or not. I always understood this teaching to be an extension of that. By spending time in the word, or fellowship or prayer or worship or study it was like you were immersed in an environment saturated with the Triune God and that facilitates the transformation process. There was nothing passive, you actively chose to a meeting, or fellowship with a saint, or pray.
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Good point. God creates a whole environment for us to flourish in. Much of it we are conscious of. And some of it operates on the periphery of our consciousness. The residual peace and comfort of the Spirit is a definite foundational catalyst to keep us on the path of God.