In John 7:37 Jesus said, "If anyone thirsts..." The benefits of water 💦 far outweigh artificial and addictive sugar-laden drinks. The benefits of true religion far outweigh counterfeits. According to the Webster Meridian Dictionary, water keeps us slimmer, boosts energy, and lowers stress due to dehydration; builds muscle 💪 tone and prevents cramps; reduces wrinkles from the inside; aids regularity and reduces kidney stones. It truly satisfies. God promised Israel living water 💦: Proverbs 18:4; Isaiah 58:11, like water for a thirsty land Isaiah 44:3, water without price Isaiah 55:1, a powerful symbol of life. As water 💦 truly satisfies physically, belief in Jesus satisfies forever. May God make you 🫵 a river of living water 💦 to anyone you 🫵 will come in contact with today, in Jesus' name 🙏

Jesus stood on the last day of the Festival of Tabernacles and announced, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink". The Feast of Tabernacles is an autumn festival. Leviticus 23:33-36, commemorated since the Exodus with small booths made from leafy boughs. In Jesus' day, the High Priest went from the Temple to the Pool of Siloam and filled a container 🫙 with water. He re-entered the Temple through the Water 💦 Gate. Along with a wine 🍷 offering, he poured the water onto the base of the altar.

The water 💦 symbolized the Holy Spirit poured out upon people as it flowed down the Temple steps into the outer courts. Jesus' words that 'out of his heart will flow rivers of living water' come from the Old Testament. Psalm 1 says that those who delight in God's law are like trees planted by rivers of water 💦. Ezekiel 47:1-12 describes water flowing from the altar in the Temple in Jerusalem and making the desert to the south productive. The Apostle often used allegorical interpretations of the Old Testament. Allegory helps us understand the Holy Spirit flowing from heavenly Jerusalem into and out of Christians as a blessing to others around them. Does the Holy Spirit flow from us to others? Do we love our neighbors and thereby quench the spiritual thirst? God is depending on you to read today's topic of the Fresh Fire 🔥 to be a River of Living Water 💦 that will quench the thirsty life of your generation. May God give you 🫵 the grace of becoming a river of living water 💦 in Jesus name 🙏

When Jesus said that out of our hearts would flow living water 💦, John 7:39 says, "This He spoke concerning the Spirit". As the Holy Spirit flows like rivers of living water from within, a very important spiritual gift is evident. The Holy Spirit gives many gifts to believers, and first in 1 Corinthians 12 is Wisdom. Proverbs 18:4 speaks of the mouth being deep waters, and a very important gift of the Holy Spirit is emphasized: "The wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook." It is in wisdom that the Gospel must be preached, and in wisdom that Christians will gently lead their non-Christian neighbors to salvation in the Lord. We are to live in the world 🌎 but not be of the world 🌎. Let's live like flowing streams in a spiritual desert, filled with life and bringing life to all around us through the Holy Spirit in Jesus' name 🙏