Living Water

Living Water

John 7:37–39

37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38 “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” 39 But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. (NASB95)

Father’s riches are limitless,
Father’s supply is boundless,
Father’s grace and provision flow like a river.

Notice that this river of living water comes from our innermost being.

Often, we find ourselves behaving badly—well, no one reading this of course; but I hear that some Christians in faraway lands sometimes behave badly. They do things that, in those moments, make them indistinguishable from the world. Some even have dark ugly thoughts that sometimes make them wonder if they are saved at all.

But Jesus says something else about us.

He says that we who believe,
Have living water flowing from our innermost being,
Have our abode in Christ,
Have been crucified with Him,
Have been raised with Him,
Have His indestructible life—real Life—to live from.

In John 10:10, Jesus said, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” (NASB95)

That’s the life we have. That’s what happened at the core of our being.

Our spirits were placed into Christ.
His Spirit was placed into us.
We became fused with Him, one with Him, at the level of our spirits.

So, when we behave badly, it isn’t because we aren’t saved.
Bad behavior comes from the flesh, not from our spirit.

We have within us at our core, rivers of living water that never cease to flow. Living from the boundless riches of His grace is the restful way we get to navigate the world.

That’s the way of grace. Never-ending supply that fills us, so we overflow Life everywhere we go.