People
all around us, both Believers and unbelievers, are dying of thirst. We are
filled with the rivers of living water which they need (1 Corinthians 16:18; 2
Corinthians 7:13). As we allow these rivers to flow out of us, fresh water
flows into us.
This
living water is not a one-time blessing, but a continual flow of eternal life
flowing from Jesus and His Spirit who abide within our innermost being - our
soul and spirit (John 14:14-17).
Water
is also often used in the Bible to symbolize the life of the Holy Spirit
filling us. He transforms us with the character, nature and fruit of the
Trinity within us.
The
fruit of the Spirit within us actually helps to provide our mate, children,
extended family, friends, neighbors and associates exactly what they need to
abundantly live in this world (Galatians 5:22-23).
As
we walk in God's Spirit, He gives us what we need to satisfy the thirst within
us and within those He brings into our life. Of course, we cannot force others
to drink.
Jesus
dwelt on earth for 33 years, and most people rejected Him. They ignored Him, argued
with Him, attempted to disprove His assertions and wanted to crucify Him.
They
did not believe His claims as Messiah. Even His signs and miracles could not
convince them of His deity, and that He alone offered their thirsty soul living
water to drink (John 7:37-39).
These
stubborn, prideful, rebellious people rejected and eventually crucified Him. They
were looking for a reigning King rather than a stable-born, carpenter's son.
They
looked on the outward appearance rather than on the Holy Ghost power within
Him. They did not recognize God in Him because they did not know God (John
5:23; 8:19, 42).
Prayer:
Father
God, it is only as we know You that we realize we can ask You to quench our
thirsty soul (John 4:10). You are our living water of life and satisfy all of
our longings. We are completely immersed in and quench our thirst in Your rivers
of living water which flow out of us to the world around us.
You
fill us with Your Spirit, whom those who believe in You receive (John 7:37-39).
He and Christ are rivers of living water abiding within us now and for eternity
(Acts 10:44-45). Your Spirit seals us for salvation; ministers to us and flows
out of us through our spirit, soul and body; and brings refreshing,
thirst-quenching life to the world around us (Ephesians 1:13-14).
Thought
for the Day:
Only
Jesus satisfies the longing and fills the empty soul with both spiritual food
and living water. - John 6:35
