CAN YOU LEAD A HORSE? / CAN YOU LEAD A PERSON?

You have probably heard " You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink" , and also " You can lead a person to the Lord " but you can't make them drink.

Religion will cause you to lead a person to a conversion to your way of thinking but it is as futile as leading a horse to water when it is not thirsting. An animal will seek water and find it when they are thirsty as will people seek Living Water and find it if they are thirsting for the truth.

We find confirmation for this in scripture that tells us to SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM. People are seeking in many of the wrong places through religions but failing to find the Living Water by seeking the wisdom of religious leaders instead of God himself. It is the Holy Spirit that leads us to the true Living Water if we are thirsty.

We would be far more fruitful if we allowed the Holy Spirit to do the leading through us and work on our example to the world in the way we live.