LIVING WATER

Jesus told the woman at the well that if she drank of the water that He would give her it would be in her a well of water springing up into everlasting life.  That well is within each believer.  It can be accessed at any time.  Sometimes we clog it up with sin, even as the Philistines stopped up the wells dug by Abraham.  Through repentance the well can be opened and the water allowed to flow once again. That water is available to refresh us and minister life to our beings.  It is also available to be shared with those around us so that they can obtain life and a well that can flow forth to others. 

John 4:10, 13-14 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.......Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

NO MORE CISTERNS

God is the fountain of living waters from which we are to drink and be refreshed.  To often we are like the people of Judah who dug cisterns to try to sustain them instead of looking to God.  The water from cisterns dug by the hands of man does not give life.  It may temporarily quench our thirst, but is lacking the life giving substance of the water that flows forth from God.  The cisterns leak and get stagnate and contaminated.  Religion is a cistern dug by man that does not give life. Man's ideas and fleshly attempts to satisfy his needs is a broken cistern.  The ways of this world are broken cisterns.

Father forgive us for the times we have dug cisterns with our own hands.  Forgive us for failing to come to You and drink of the water of life that flows forth from You.  Forgive us for the times we have tried to offer that water to those around us instead of Your life giving water.  Cause us to come daily to drink from You the fountain of living waters.


Jeremiah 2:13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. 

WILL NOT BE MOVED

Recently while waiting on the Lord I saw people standing under a canopy.  There was a strong wind blowing.  As the wind passed over it the canopy fluttered a bit, but it did not go anywhere. 

The people were unmoved by the very strong wind.  I heard these words, "the winds of change are blowing and everything that can be shaken will be shaken." 

The canopy was solidly anchored in rock and the people were standing on a solid rock.  The following scriptures came to mind:

Hebrews 12:25-29 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: ²⁶ Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. ²⁷ And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. ²⁸ Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: ²⁹ For our God is a consuming fire.

Matthew 7:24-25 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: ²⁵ And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

Psalm 62:2, 6-7 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved..... He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. ⁷ In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

NEVER FORGOTTEN

Sometimes we may feel like God has forgotten us. Although it may seem that way because of how we feel or what we see going on around us, it is not true. Sometimes the enemy will be blasting that lie into our ears.  It is just that, "a lie."  The truth is found in God's Word and we can stand on that.  And at the times we feel forgotten or hear that lie in our ear we can declare the truth.  We must declare and stand on the truth of God's Word to us.

Isaiah 49:14-16 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. 16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

Hebrews 3:5-6 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

FATHER'S FULL ATTENTION

Recently I was moved by the fact that my Father's full attention can be on me at the same time He is fully attentive to the billions of other people on the planet.

I believe that sometimes we think of Father God more in terms of our earthly fathers.  We think of Him in terms of the limitations and weaknesses and strengths of our earthly father. Yet Abba Father is far beyond what we have experienced in our relationship with our earthly father, no matter how wonderful our earthly father may have been.  Our earthly fathers still had limitations.  Our earthly fathers cannot be fully attentive to every child all the time and sometimes things get missed.

Thank you Abba Father for Your great love and for Your unbroken gaze upon me.  Your eye is always on me and looking for my gaze to be upon you so that we can have a face to face relationship. Your heart is always for me. Your desire is always toward me.

Proverbs 5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings

Matthew 10:29-31 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Song of Solomon 7:10  I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.

Song of Solomon 4:9-10 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. 10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!