The Fountain of Life
Psalms 36:9 “For with Thee is the fountain of life. In Thy light shall we see light.”
Have you drunk from the fountain of life?
If you have, then that living force ought to be within you a river of living water, springing up within you…giving grace and peace.
John 7:38-39 “He that believeth on Me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
(But this spake He of the Spirit, which they which believe on Him should receive:…”
And when you get water flowing, what does it do?
It keeps flowing, following a path of least resistance.
It will flow downhill and if it meets a rock in it’s path? It just flows around it.
This is the way of Living water.
But what if there is a dam of some sort?
Then it builds up behind it, until it flows over it!
Living water can not be stagnant. It will find a way over, under, or around….and sometimes through any obstacle it meets with.
But you say, “I have drunk of this Living water, but it seems to be flowing more slowly than before….I fear it will stop altogether.
I am not sure what has hindered my spiritual life: my prayers seem harder, the joy I felt is gone, and my peace is shaken. I do not know what is wrong.”
If this is your experience: consider when you drank of this Living water last.
We usually find what we lost, where we lost it.
So with relationships….when was the last time you had fellowship with the Lord?
Are you neglecting His Word?
Ephesians 5:25-27 “….as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it;
That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word, that He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”
What hinders the Holy Spirit within you?
Have you been satisfied with something other than the Lord’s guidance?
Jeremiah 2:13 “For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.”
Do you seem further away from Him?
Has your assurance and confidence in the Lord wavered?
Hebrews 10:22-23 “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for He is faithful that promised;)”
Have we been true to the Lord Jesus, or has doubt come in?
Unbelief slows the progress of this Living water, by demanding that God “prove” Himself to us.
Hebrews 3:19 “So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.”
Matthew 13:54-58 “And when He was come unto his own country, He taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter’s son?…
And they were offended in Him…..
And He did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.”
[If you read it, they acknowledge all His mighty works, but because of who He was to them: “the carpenter’s son”; they refused to open their hearts to faith, and missed the blessing He wanted them to have.]
I have asked all these questions, because sometimes it takes a question to jog our affection and thoughts toward the right direction. (How many times the Lord has spoken through devotions or a message to me this way!)
If we are missing the blessing of the “water” of the Holy Spirit, then we must seek His light to see where we stopped receiving it.
Where we quenched the Spirit. (1 Thessalonians 5:19)
Perhaps where we stopped giving thanks. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
Let us look at the second part of the beginning verse:
“In Thy light shall we see light.”
As we come to the light of Christ through His Word, and let Him show us where we have erred or turned aside; then we have light in ourselves.
Ephesians 5:13-14 “But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
Wherefore he saith, Awaketh thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”
John 8:12 “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of light of life.”
Go to the Light of the Lord, and let that light shine within you. You want the Lord’s Will, and He will show it to you…..for you.
John 3:21 “But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”
One of the last call’s in the Bible, is to all who will:
Revelation 22:17 “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.”
For with the Lord is the fountain of life, springing up into eternal life…that condition of life, now and for eternity…in you.
And in Lord’s Light…we will “see”, discern the Lord’s Will, and get the power from the Holy Spirit to do it.
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