Spring of Living Waters

The desert is a barren place where everyone thinks of finding water. They begin to worry that if no water is found they will die. After a couple of days without water, most people would pay any price for a cool drink. Our wonderful God invites people to drink free. Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come. (Isa 55:1) We are aware that this world is a spiritual desert but many people do not know that this free water is available. There are also people who feel you only get what you pay for. The opposite is true, that is, no one can afford to buy this water because of its great value. We must tell folks that Jesus Christ is the spring of living waters.

God’s water is more real than anything in this world; because it is invisible does not mean it is not on earth. We cannot see the wind but it is a very powerful force at times. Jesus not only said that the water came from Him but that we could join His water system. Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.  Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.”   By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. (John 7:37-39) No, there are not two sources of water; it is simply that Jesus and the Spirit are one. Aren’t we glad that’s the way God is?

Hundreds of years before Jesus lived on the earth, the prophets told of Him and how the Savior would be poured out to save humans from death. For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, (Isa 44:3) The death and resurrection of Christ was for all the people of the earth. The Scripture says, To those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.  As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed. (Rom 4:16,17) Thanks to the writing of Paul we know that God’s Spirit of adoption is for the Gentile as well as the Jew.

The water comes to this dry earth without regard of who people are. Another place in Romans says, Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”  For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,  for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. (Rom 10:12,13) A thirsty person begs a drink when they are in need. However, when the Spirit reveals to a person that they are a sinner they have a decision to make.  Are they tired of their life and want a change or do they want to continue living in the dirt? The new life of drinking from the spring includes rest, forgiveness, righteousness, fellowship and eternal life with the Savior.

The old prophet talked about the children of God long ago. See, I am doing a new thing! ...I provide water in the desert and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen,  the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise. (Isa.43:19-21) We have been quickened and the spiritual blessings are flowing into and out of us, we become very different people. For example, we are always giving thanks to God for everything, although we never even thought to thank God previously. Its not that we are forced to praise God, we just cannot stop because we love Him. The love of God just overwhelms us and the spring of water never stops. In Revelation, we read that it flows from under the throne of God forever.

Paul said that, The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. (Rom 8:16) This testimony is the reason the Holy Spirit was sent to live in us. The Spirit becomes the motivation for our Christian life. After the day of Pentecost, the water began to flow through the children of God. Suddenly, we begin to understand spiritual things as the grace of God becomes real in our life. The feeling that God is our father flows to us with the living waters. The Lord will guide you always;…You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Isa (58:11) We see here that it is our responsibility to become a spring to others in this world. Its not hard, we simply yield to God and gratefully allow Him to work through us.

One day our Savior was talking to the woman at the well and He spoke of this living water. Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,   but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” (John 4:13,14) What wonderful water that we give to others and it will led us into eternal life with God.

God is offering us a glorious drink from His spring of living water. Are we thirsty?