Jesus talked about such a strong flow of water in a spiritual sense. Let’s turn there to John 7.37-38. Rivers of water is how Jesus describes the everyday life of believers, His children. Please stand and join me in reading these verses:
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, will flow rivers of living water out of his heart.” 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.
Jesus said I want rivers of water to flow out of your lives. Rivers of water would mean that He flowed out of our lives when we were saved, making us joyous and thankful.
I want you to be excited about your sins being gone.
I want you to read the Bible like God met and talked with you.
I want you to be flowing in your prayers to Me. He flowed out of our lives, making prayer so natural and uncluttered. It felt like the stars overhead had parted, and we were walking right into Heaven before God’s Throne.
THE JOY OF OUR SALVATION
You know what? That’s how people are when they get saved. It’s unbelievable. They can’t get enough of the Bible, they can’t get enough of the fellowship with God’s people, and they can’t tell enough people that their sins are forgiven. They just can’t tell enough people how they can be saved.
And that is life as God made it to be with that mighty river of water flowing out of our lives. We were refreshed, victorious, rejoicing, and joyfully serving. The Holy Spirit was flowing through our new lives like the rivers of water that flowed in our new house. That is the life of a believer as God intended it to be.
Then, slowly, something happened. You know what? The little “turning off the water valve” of the grieving and quenching of the Holy Spirit starts constricting little by little the water pipe of the Holy Spirit in their life.
Almost imperceptibly, things start drying up in their life, and almost without knowing it, their lives become waterless, barren, and dry.
ESH 28b Is Your Spiritual Life Quenched
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