The overwhelming power of rivers

In my devotional time today I was reading from My Utmost For His Highest and discovered this little gem.
Oswald Chambers "A river is victoriously persistant, it overcomes all barriers. For a while it is baulked, but it soon makes a pathway round the obstacle. Or a river will drop out of sight for miles, and presently emerge again broader and grander than ever.... Keep paying attention to the Source (God), and God will either take you round the obstacle or remove it.....Never allow anything to come between yourself and Jesus Christ, no emotion, or experience: nothing must keep you from the one great sovereign Source."
The scripture lesson Chambers chose was John 7:38
"He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water"
Gleaning the overreaching thought of his writing was this awesome gem: Christ is the Source of the headwaters of the rivers of living water, staying connected to the source leads to an unending supply. We sometimes are so dissapointed with our own walk with God because we don't see how we are doing any great exploits for God. God wants us to simply to know him, stay connected by faith, and let his living water flow through us as he sees fit. If we do every action to please God, keep walking in faith, and follow his leadership the water will flow. As Chambers says the river may appear submerged or less apparent but it will flow unconquerable because God is the Source. If a river keeps getting filled with water from an overwhelming supply, something is going to move. If we begin to try to divert the flow to our little projects we may end up with a landlocked pond of putrid mire. Rivers have been diverted by military or excavaton teams to help them achieve an objective: we sometimes try to achieve our own ends by diverting our energies and "spirituality" to some pet project, but we grieve God and the water somehow just doesn't flow. We've got to let God choose the path and supply the living water.
I get two things from this lesson: keep connected to the Source and let the river flow whereever God decides it needs to. Christians are just to be channels through which living water can flow: the glory is in the living water supplied by God.
Lord help me to not block the flow, attempt to divert the flow, or disconnect from the Source.
If I hope to share God's hope with others, I've got to do it God's way: Christ in me.