LIVING WATER

By Rick Mathes

John 4:11 She •said to Him, ” Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water?

There is nothing more refreshing to a parched throat than cold, clear water. Our body is about 80% fluid so you can see that venting and perspiration causes a thirst to our body engine that must be quenched or we over heat and die like a dry car radiator in a waterless desert. Our soul or spiritual body engine is no different. We need living water or we wither and die. Too much Word and you dry up, too much Spirit and you blow up but a balance of both and you grow up! What is it about his living water that we can identify and respond to?

My first thought is that the Living Water is refreshing, not only to my thirst but it does my spiritual laundry. When I am drinking in the Word of God such as when I read Psalms, the Spirit comes up on me in a wonderful way. I might be old and wrinkled on the outside but on the inside I am an enthusiastic and vibrant teenager.

As Living Water it is powerful because of the energy it generates. The hydraulic principles appy as that water rushes over the edges of my life. Everyone around me notices that I have a special smile, glow and purpose in all that I do for Him and for His glory.

Once we ingest the Word and it flows in our spiritual veins, we attach ourselves to the vine and abide in Him. Even though we are engrafted, we share the same vitality of everyone who believes. How exciting can it get!

With this new nourishment, it’s like we are doing scriptural steroids. WE bulkup and abound in good works that are fully in His will. There are three things that can we can never recover: a sped arrow, a spoken word and a passing opportunity.

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He has it.

He has it to give.

He has it for the asking

He alone can give it.

Won’t you drink deeply and live as you have never lived before?