<TITLE>06. Par 20-22</TITLE>L-20 Not long ago, a few years ago, I used to pastor the Milltown Baptist church. And I would go home at night out to some friends I stayed with, way out in the country. And we'd pass by an old cedar bush, come up over the hill. And way down in southern Indiana is our rolling country like you have here. And there used to be a nightingale. I guess you have them here. And they... He would sing all night long; and I just love to hear that bird. And as I would pass by at night, I hear him; he would sing all night. I notice on a cloudy night he would sing awhile, then he would stop awhile. Then he'd sing awhile, and he'd stop awhile; and after while he'd cut loose and sing again. So I got to studying the nature of the nightingale. And he sits at night looking at heaven, heavens, heavenly. And as he looks up that way, he'd watch for the stars, and when he could see nothing he'd sing not, but when he could see one star shining, he'd look straight to that star and begin singing. I thought, "What a lesson." There you are.

L-21 Oh, if I could walk out tonight and ask the stars, "Little star what makes you shine?"
If that little star could speak back to me, he'd say, "Brother Branham, it isn't me shining; it's the sun shining on me that's making me shine."
That's the way it is with any borned again Christian, when they have giving a life of testimony or doing something like that, giving their testimony, living a life for Christ. It is not the individual; it's the Holy Spirit reflecting back His Light on the individual, making him a Light to shine.
And as long as that nightingale could see one star shining, he will sing. And I... Excuse this expression. But as long as I can hear a good hardy amen, once in a while, I know Christ still lives and reigns in His Church. When you can hear something that reflects something about the Gospel, a reflection back, coming back...
Oh, how you can watch God if you just watch the elements of nature.

L-22 Here sometime ago, I was up in the mountains, and I went by an old spring that I always drink from when I go up there. And this was the happiest spring I ever seen in my life. It just bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble all the time. And I thought, "Little spring, what makes you so happy? Why are you bubbling and jumping all the time?" I thought, "Maybe because deers drink from you is what makes you bubble and jump."
If he could speak, he'd say, "No, Brother Branham, that isn't why I'm jumping."
I'd say, "Well now, maybe because bear come by once in a while and drink from you; maybe that's what's makes you bubble and jump."
He'd just speak back, he'd say, "No, Brother Branham."
I'd say, "Well, maybe it's because I'm drinking at you, what make you bubble and jump."
He'd say, "No, that isn't it."
I'd say, "Well, what makes you so happy and jumping all the time?"
If he could speak he'd say, "Brother Branham, the reason I'm a jumping, it's not me; it's something behind me pushing me, making me jump." And that's the--the force of the water spraying up.


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