Rivers Of Living Water
37On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38Whoever believes in me, as[a] the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." 39By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
40On hearing his words, some of the people said, "Surely this man is the Prophet."
41Others said, "He is the Christ."
Still others asked, "How can the Christ come from Galilee? 42Does not the Scripture say that the Christ will come from David's family[b] and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?" 43Thus the people were divided because of Jesus. 44Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.
Reflection of Bee:
It's a promise that Jesus will give us the living water when we come to Him. All He asks us to do is, "come". Sometimes we may feel dry in our spiritual walk. That's the time we need to turn to the living water and drink till we thirst no more.
Dear Lord,
I want to drink of Your living water... quench my thirst now, heal my body, soul and spirit. Let me once again be filled with Your life and overflow Your goodness to those come in contact with me. I need You now.
I pray too for Your living water to flow to my special friend.... to cool his stressful body, soul and spirit. That's he will know Your will for his life and follow Your leading. May Your love, joy and peace fill his soul tonight.
In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Reflection of Tommy:
There are those who risk their lives for the reason of living life to the fullest. They think that through those activities they will receive true fulfillment. It doesn’t take long for them to realize they are still ‘thirsty’, empty inside. So, they begin another search for new ‘wells’ that might somehow quench their thirst; filling the void inside their heart and soul. Often, these earthly “wells” are destructive; making the drinker more unfulfilled, empty, sick, sad, and sorry. The author of Ecclesiastes called it a chasing after the wind.
In today’s passage, we get to know a well that can truly quenched our thirst. By accepting Christ, out of our heart will flow rivers of living water (John 7:38). This source is the Holy Spirit, who is like a well of satisfaction (7:39) and we’ll have a continual source of spiritual refreshment. Not only that, we will be conduit of God to overflow His blessings to others.
Dear Father, thank You for reminding me to always tap into the right well for true fulfillment and refreshment. Forgive me of easy to find fault in others who drink from bad wells but exhibit similar attitude myself when longing for other fulfillments other than You. Teach me to come back to the right Source, the only Source, Jesus Christ. May I be empowered by the Holy Spirit as I thirst more of You and be used effectively in the great plan for Your people. In Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.
