Last night I was listening to a teaching by Heidi Baker, talking about being fountains of living water. She spoke out of John 4 & 7 as follows:
(NIV)John 4:10-14
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” [11] “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? [12] Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?” [13] Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, [14] but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
(NIV)John 7:37-39
On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. [38] Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” [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.
This morning I woke up thinking about being a fountain of living water, and that to do so I need to open my mouth more, so that I can speak life to those around me. I recognize that I don't affirm people enough, I don't say the things I think enough, and I don't anticipate having the Word of Lord for people enough. Lord, help me to start with my family and build this into a lifestyle and gift that I operate in consistently.
Lord, help me to be a river of living water to those around me. Help us all to be fountains of life!
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