WATER OF LIFE

By Rick Mathes

John 4:15 (NASB77) ¹⁵ The woman •said to Him, ” Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty, nor come all the way here to draw.”

We cannot exist physically without water and spiritually without the living water only Jesus has o offer. Water is a word used to denote the word of God and here in this verse is the woman asking for it and she’s not sure what it is. She just knows that Jesus has it and she wants it. He even said we needed to be baptized in the water with fire. The Holy Spirit we know is the fire but for now let’s focus on what we can expect from receiving the Word of God.

It is thirst removing. Nothing can satisfy nor quench that burning thirst in our soul but what God’s breathed and inspired Word has to say in our Holy Bible. We hunger and thirst for this living water and Jesus puts in right in our hands.

It is life preserving. We try to get our life together on our own and the more we try the more it falls apart. Only by what proceeds from the mouth of God will keep us in Him until the Day of the Lord.

It is filth purging. You can’t remain stained in sin when you are washed in the flood of Christ. His words cleanse us from all unrighteousness in the power of the Holy Spirit.

It is softening. Even the biggest men with the hardest hearts will fall to their knees and cry out, “Lord save me!”

It is fire quenching. Amen! The Word give us fire insurance and even the gates of hell cannot prevail against us.

It is spring creating. You will be filled to the brim and your cup will runneth over. Your veins will just pump; with the gospel until you shout out loud, “Jesus is my Lord!”

It is fruit producing. You will know them by their fruit. If He is truly Lord of their lives, their walk will speak more loudly than their talk.

It is heaven ascending. Like the fragrance of a bouquet of flowers. Your reading, your speaking, singing and thinking the Word is very pleasant to the Father whose hand wrote his love letter to you, whose soul lived the Word and whose Holy Spirit quickens the Lord’s essence in you.