December 18, 2021: SOAP #4398:  John 2-4

SCRIPTURE:  John (NIV) 4:13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but 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.”

OBSERVATION: What a promise Jesus made to the woman at the well.  It all started with Jesus asking her for a drink.  Now He was offering her a drink that would become a “spring of water” on the inside and would result in eternal life!!!   What a promise!    

A spring must have a source from which the water comes.  If a person is going to have a “spring of water” inside, something must be put on the inside that will be the source of that water.  That something is really a someone—the Holy Spirit!  

APPLICATION:  When I receive salvation by faith—trusting that the death of Jesus on the cross is the payment for my sins and surrendering the Lordship of my life to Jesus, the Holy Spirit takes up residence in me.  He is that “spring of water” inside.  Like water, He is my renewing and refreshing that continually restores peace and joy. 

He is the water that flows from me to the dry places around me.  He draws my attention to needs He wants to meet through me.  He puts words of encouragement in my thoughts to be given to those around me.  In many ways He touches others through me. 

PRAYER:  Holy Spirit, having you live inside is a great honor.  I surrender to the direction of your flow in and through me.  Knowing that you are working in me gives me great peace.  Knowing that you are working through me gives me great joy.  Amen.

Pastor Leon
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