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Sunday, October 08, 2006

Refreshing, Cleansing, Powerful Water

"On 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.38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."39 By 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. (John 7:37-39).

Water is an amazing thing. It is life sustaining. We can't live without it. It refreshes us when we are tired and thirsty. But it can also be one of the most powerful forces in nature. Have you ever surveyed the scene after a powerful flood? A flood swept through the town where I used to live, many years ago. The devestation was enormous. Metal street light poles were bent over. Fence posts were pulled from the ground, the concrete in which they had been set exposed to the air. Pavement was washed from the streets.

Think of a less powerful example of what water can do. When a stream flows down a stream bed, it washes away the trash and the broken tree limbs and whatever else is lying in its path. It is a cleansing force. Not only is it a cleansing force, but it soaks up the land along the stream bank. Many times, travelers in a dry land can find water by digging in the dry stream bed, digging down to where the water remains.

Jesus said His Spirit would flow through our lives like streams of living water. A flowing stream that cleanses away the trash and flotsam from our lives. Living water that saturates our lives with His presence. Living water that enables His life to be lived in us.

Think about it. Appropriate it.

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