The Holy Spirit is the fountain of life, pouring living waters into and through our lives as we stay connected with God, enabling us to see and fulfill the special assignments God has planned for each of our lives. David pictures this in Psalm 36. Exalting God, he declares in verse 9, “For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.”
Psalm 36 (NKJV)
A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord
5 Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens;
Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
6 Your righteousness is like the great mountains;
Your judgments are a great deep;
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
7 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.
8 They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house,
And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.
9 For with You is the fountain of life;
In Your light we see light.
In Jeremiah 2, God warns against drinking from broken cisterns, idols that allure us to be cut off from Him, “the fountain of living waters”.
Jeremiah 2 (NKJV)
13 “For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters,
And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.
Jeremiah 17 compares those who trust and hope in God to trees planted by a river, receiving fresh life and nourishment from the Spirit.
Jeremiah 17 (NKJV)
7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose hope is the Lord.
8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
Jesus promises that those who come to him will receive “living water” that will become in them “a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life”.
John 4 (NKJV)
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” 8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
9 Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
11 The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? 12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?”
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.”
In John 7, Jesus again promises to give the Holy Spirit to anyone who comes to him and drink. “Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” After His resurrection and ascension to heaven, He poured out the Holy Spirit with power just as He had promised. The Holy Spirit comes to live in our hearts, guiding and empowering us to fulfill God’s calling for our lives.
John 7 (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.
In John 15, Jesus urges his followers to stay connected with Him as the branch is connected to the vine. Only in this way will we fulfill His joy and bear eternal fruit for God’s glory.
John 15 (NKJV)
5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
Revelation 7 describes a great multitude of believers that will come out of the great tribulation and stand before the throne of God. Jesus, the Lamb of God, will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
Revelation 7 (NKJV)
14 … So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them. 16 They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; 17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, ever continues to be our fountain of living waters, leading and empowering by the Holy Spirit all who come to Him.
David Krause, dhkrause2@gmail.com, https://compellinglove.net/
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