Drawing deep from the well
The prophetic word came to us recently that we were to learn to draw from the well that is within us rather than be reliant upon external sources for our strength, support and energy (my paraphrase). Here are a couple of really key Bible verses that confirm that word:
“ whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” (John 4:14)
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. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. (John 7:37-39)
The picture here is that Jesus gives the Holy Spirit who will live on the inside of us and be like a perpetual well of living water, continually quenching our thirst, filling us with God’s kind of life. The second verse goes further to say that not only will the Holy Spirit be like a well within us, but he will also be like streams coming out from us.
Here in a nutshell are the two major functions of the Holy Spirit:
1. to refresh believers, fill us with life and continually renew us
2. to flow out from us to refresh others with God’s abundant life
As we continue on this journey of learning to be people of the Holy Spirit, its important to bear in mind that first we are to be drinkers ourselves in order that the effects of the Spirit in us can have a positive affect on those around us.
As was prayed in one of our gatherings, help us Lord to tap in to what you’ve already given us so that we live in the good of the eternal life that is welling up within.
“ whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” (John 4:14)
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. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. (John 7:37-39)
The picture here is that Jesus gives the Holy Spirit who will live on the inside of us and be like a perpetual well of living water, continually quenching our thirst, filling us with God’s kind of life. The second verse goes further to say that not only will the Holy Spirit be like a well within us, but he will also be like streams coming out from us.
Here in a nutshell are the two major functions of the Holy Spirit:
1. to refresh believers, fill us with life and continually renew us
2. to flow out from us to refresh others with God’s abundant life
As we continue on this journey of learning to be people of the Holy Spirit, its important to bear in mind that first we are to be drinkers ourselves in order that the effects of the Spirit in us can have a positive affect on those around us.
As was prayed in one of our gatherings, help us Lord to tap in to what you’ve already given us so that we live in the good of the eternal life that is welling up within.
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