"John 7:14-44
Be filled with the Spirit continuously
We all know what it is like to be physically thirsty. Our mouths go dry, our throats are parched, our strength fades and we crave water. How satisfying it is to drink when we are thirsty.
Do you know that it is also possible to be spiritually thirsty? In this golden passage Jesus describes how our spiritual thirst can be quenched, the hole in our soul filled, and the effect that this can have on our lives.
Jesus anticipates what will happen on the day of Pentecost. He speaks about the transformation by the streams of living water that the Holy Spirit brings to our lives: ‘By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified’ (v.39).
It was ‘the last and greatest day of the Feast [of Tabernacles]’ (v.37). This was the day when the people anticipated that the great river prophesied in Ezekiel 47 would flow out from Jerusalem. ‘Jesus stood’ (John 7:37). The usual custom was to sit when teaching, but the words Jesus had to say were so significant that he wanted to be seen and heard by all the people. He cried out ‘in a loud voice’ (v.37). His message was only twenty-four words in the Greek language, but it is a life-changing promise that we can all still experience today."
37 On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! 38 Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’”
1. Amen! Thank You for the reassurance the my spiritual thirst can be quenched. Thank You for this living water. Thank You.
2. Thank You for providing me needy kids and for having an active room-viewing.
3. Praise God for the preaching today. "We preach the Gospel to the lost in the power of the Holy Spirit."
