SCRIPTURE: John (NIV) 7:37 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. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.” 39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
OBSERVATION: Even in the crowd that the religious leaders would lead in calling for His crucifixion, there were thirsty people. So, what do thirsty people do? They do not just look at water; they drink water. And Jesus invited them to receive (drink) Him and His teaching into their lives.
Not only would they be satisfying their thirst, but streams of living water would flow out from them.
APPLICATION: After Jesus had ascended back to His Father, the Holy Spirit filled every believer on the day of Pentecost. (Acts 2:4) What flowed into them, and filled them, flowed out of them and changed the world!
As I read/hear the truth of the Word of God (drink it in), the Holy Spirit sets it on fire in my heart, in my thoughts. It then makes it way out of my life (streams flowing out) to bless other thirsty people!
PRAYER: Lord, I am thirsty! May I always be thirsty. May I always be drinking from the living water of your word. May there always be fresh streams of living water flowing from my life. Amen
Pastor Leon
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