Sunday, March 23, 2008

John 7

In the beginning of John 7, Jesus is in Galilee with His family, it appears. They urged Him to go with them to the Feast of Tabernacles. They taunted Him that if He was the great Person that He claimed to be, He should show Himself at Jerusalem, but He told them that they should go without Him. Later, however, He went alone and did not show Himself to the people until about the middle of the Feast, when He began to teach in the temple. This brought a mixed response. Some believed and some did not. The Pharisees sent some of their officers to arrest Him, but they returned without Him because they were so amazed by His teachings that they could not take Him. On the last day of the Feast, Jesus stood up and cried, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."

 
 

What an amazing offer! Jesus provides living water to quench all the needs and desires of the human heart. This is a free offer. If only we believe, we can not only have our own needs supplied, but also, we can be a fountain that flows out and blesses the lives of others. Let's always take advantage of the streams of living water that God provides.

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