Water of Life

Recently I was thinking again about the importance of drinking the refreshing water of life that comes forth from the throne.

God rebuked the people of Judah for forsaking Him who is the fountain of living water and digging for themselves cisterns.  Cisterns are man-made sources of drinking water.  It becomes stagnant and contaminated.  It is like partaking of religious man-made ideas as opposed to partaking of the life force that comes from a vibrant relationship with God. The ever fresh flowing waters of the river that comes from God are far different than the stale stagnant water of a cistern.

We can take what was once fresh living water and put it into a cistern and it gets stale and stagnant. Or we can daily come to and drink from the fresh flowing water of life.

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

Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price. 

Revelation 22:1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Psalm 36:7-9   How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. 8 They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights. 9 For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.