Living Life by Design

I play competitive tennis and as strange as it may sound, oftentimes forget to drink enough water. My mouth goes dry, my throat is parched, and I can even feel my strength fade. How easy and satisfying it is to simply drink and be hydrated.

To be spiritually thirsty is to be dried up inside, to feel totally empty and in anguish. Jesus describes how your spiritual thirst can be quenched (the hole in your soul filled) and the effect that this can have on your life.

Jesus says in John 7, ‘Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flowing from within’ (v.38). The river flows into you and out of you. The river will flow into the little ‘Dead Seas’ of our hearts and out from our ‘innermost being’. Superficially, life may not be easy, but deep down the Holy Spirit constantly flows like a ‘river of living water’.

This river does not flow once in a while. It flows continuously. It is not supposed to be blocked up. It should be constantly bubbling up and flowing out of us.

Jesus says let them ‘come to me and drink’ (v.37). It is a promise for ‘whoever believes in me’ (vv.38–39). It is as simple as that. It can flow from you as you come to him and drink today.

Do you want your life to make a difference? Do you realize that your life can be a source of blessing to other people every day? Through your love, your words, your presence, you will transmit the Spirit you have received from Jesus. You will quench the thirst of the poor, the lonely, the needy, those in pain and anguish and will give them life, love and peace of heart.

Allow the Holy Spirit to move through you today…