“On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” (John 7:37-38 NKJV)
There is a variety of fountains available today from which we can drink. We certainly have many religions, institutions, organizations, or schools of thought from which to drink.
However, Jesus Christ is undoubtedly the only true fountain of living water. Anyone who comes to Christ in humility and faith, acknowledging and confessing Jesus Christ as his Savior and submitting to His lordship, will drink freely and abundantly of the living water and never thirst again.
Jesus revealed this truth to the Samaritan woman by the well of Jacob.
John 4:13-14 – NKJV
13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again,
14 “but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
Nothing in this life can completely, perfectly, continually, or eternally satisfy the human soul’s deepest longing, desire, hunger, or thirst. The human soul came directly from God; it is not made from earthly material. Therefore, nothing material or worldly can satisfy it (Gen. 2:7).
While any good fountain we drink from may offer us temporary relief, comfort, pleasure, or happiness, no fountain other than Jesus Christ can offer us eternal life and satisfy our souls completely, perfectly, and eternally. The Scripture affirms that Jesus Christ is the only fountain or source of eternal life (John 3:14-16, 1 John 5:9-13).
Your soul will still thirst for something else regardless of the fountain you drink from. But if you drink from Christ, the fountain of eternal life, your soul will be completely, perfectly, continually, and eternally satisfied with God’s salvation.
John 6:35 – NKJV
35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.
However, the Lord Jesus Christ not only invites us to drink freely and abundantly from the fountain of living water, but also to become a channel through which the living water can flow to others.
While we only seek just enough living water to satisfy our thirsty souls, Christ has something infinitely more significant to offer us. What could that be?
To be His earthen vessels or channels carrying and dispensing the living water to thirsty souls!
John 4:13-14 – NKJV
13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again,
14 “but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
Every born-again believer has within them the fountain of living water. Glory! Hallelujah!
If you have indeed come to Christ in humility and faith, acknowledging and confessing Him as your personal Savior and Lord, you are not only perfectly and eternally satisfied with the living water; you have also become a vessel carrying the fountain of living water.
You are not the fountain of living water; Jesus Christ is. However, Christ, by His Spirit, now lives in your heart (1 Cor. 3:16, 6:19, 2 Cor. 6:16). Therefore, you now have the fountain of life within you.
The Scripture amply attests to this truth.
John 7:37-39 – NKJV
37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
38 “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Beloved, it is comforting to realize that you now have “a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life” (John 4:13-14 NKJV).
But much more than this, it is humbling to realize how much trust or confidence God has reposed in you by putting in you a fountain of living water, just as He put water in the rock to satisfy the thirsty and wearied souls of the children of Israel in the wilderness (Exo. 17:1-7).
God has also placed an enormous responsibility upon you as a believer by putting the fountain of living water in you. What does God expect you to do with the fountain of living water within your heart?
Let the rivers of living water flow out of the fountain in your heart to comfort, restore, revive, heal, strengthen, and save the wearied or thirsty souls around you (John 7:38-39)!
Are you allowing the rivers of living water to flow out of your regenerated heart or spirit today?
Are those wearied, fainting, or thirsty around you being saved, revived, restored, strengthened, and comforted?
If not, something is blocking, hindering, or stopping the flow of rivers of living water from the fountain within you.
Friend, it could be your ignorance of who you are in Christ, what you have in Christ, and what you can do through Christ. Or it could be your unbelief, self-centredness, or fear of men hindering or blocking the smooth and continuous flow of rivers of living water out of your recreated heart.
Why not call upon the Holy Spirit today to show you what hinders or prevents the rivers of living water from flowing out of your born-again spirit smoothly, increasingly, and constantly, and also teach and help you deal effectively with this hindrance? Why?
Because the eternal destiny of many wearied and thirsty souls around you depends on the smooth and constant flow of rivers of living water flowing from the fountain, the Spirit of God, within you!
Therefore, don’t continue to deprive the thirsty souls around you of drinking from the fountain of living water God has put within your born-again spirit. Start cooperating with the Holy Spirit today to eliminate every impediment or obstruction to the smooth and continuous flow of rivers of living water out of your born-again spirit.
Let rivers of living water begin to flow out from within you. Many souls around you are very thirsty and waiting just for that!
Prayer:
Dear Holy Spirit, show me every impediment and obstacle to the smooth and constant flow of rivers of living water from the fountain God has put in my regenerated heart and teach me how to deal with them, in Jesus’ name. Amen.