Rivers of Living Water

by Ruel Guerrero on Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 2:41pm

David said he longed for the presence of God; he thirsted for God's presence as a deer pants for water in a thirsty land. But Jesus said that if we drink of Him (the Living Water) we will never thirst.

Sounds like a conflict here. David lived in the Old Covenant when the Holy Spirit had not yet been given to all. But Jesus speaks of the New Covenant when the Holy Spirit is given to all who believe in Jesus.

When we receive the Holy Spirit, we receive the Living Water. We no longer thirst because the Lord is always with us. He flows from within us like rivers of living water.

None of us is a conduit of the River bringing water to His children. Every child of God has within him, the River of Life. Out of every follower of Jesus and child of God flows rivers of living water. We just need to bring others to that River and when they drink of it once, they will never thirst again. Rivers of living water will flow from within them too.