John 7:37-39 Pentecost - by Don Neuendorf
"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." By this he meant the Spirit...
The imagery we normally use for the Holy Spirit is a dove or a flame - things we think of as external to ourselves. But here Jesus' metaphor is very internal, streams of living water that flow from us. I wonder if this is what he meant when he spoke to the Samaritan woman at the well, "If you knew who it was who asked you... he would have given you living water."
Here is the result of our faith, not just that we are changed or blessed or saved, or even just that the Holy Spirit inhabits us as a temple, but that God's blessing to us overflows and constantly flows outward in a cleansing stream to the world around us. I pray you can see that gift in your life today.
"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." By this he meant the Spirit...
The imagery we normally use for the Holy Spirit is a dove or a flame - things we think of as external to ourselves. But here Jesus' metaphor is very internal, streams of living water that flow from us. I wonder if this is what he meant when he spoke to the Samaritan woman at the well, "If you knew who it was who asked you... he would have given you living water."
Here is the result of our faith, not just that we are changed or blessed or saved, or even just that the Holy Spirit inhabits us as a temple, but that God's blessing to us overflows and constantly flows outward in a cleansing stream to the world around us. I pray you can see that gift in your life today.