Living Water

July 29, 2010

Before my girl friends and I were all married, we took a girls weekend to Chicago. While we were there, we squeezed as many sights and attractions in as humanly possible. We had done our homework and had looked up all the must sees of the city.

One must see that we kept reading and hearing about was the Buckingham Fountain. So, we decided to save this magnificent fountain for our very last day. We had seen a few postcards of the fountain, and it looked amazing. We couldn’t wait to behold this masterpiece of water and sculpture.

We followed our map directly to the fountain as the anticipation built. We could see it off in the distance, so we quickened our pace. As we drew near, we thought something seemed strange. We realized we heard no sounds of a gigantic fountain, nor did we see one drop of water.

Where's the water?

We knew something was missing—the water! Without the water, the fountain loses its life. Without the water, the fountain is just a stone sculpture. Without the water, the fountain cannot reach its full potential.

Just like a fountain without water, our lives are dead without the living water. We are not truly living without the water that brings true abundant life.

So, where can we get this living water? From only one source—Jesus!

John 7:38 says, “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” (NKJV)

The Greek root word for living is ‘zao’. Here is how living is defined.
1) to live, breathe, be among the living (not lifeless, not dead)
2) to enjoy real life
    a) to have true life and worthy of the name
    b) active, blessed, endless in the kingdom of God
3) to live i.e. pass life, in the manner of the living and acting
    a) of mortals or character
4) living water, having vital power in itself and exerting the same upon the soul
5) metaph. to be in full vigour
    a) to be fresh, strong, efficient
    b) as adj. active, powerful, efficacious
(from the Blue Letter Bible)

“To enjoy real life.” Are you enjoying real life? Are you reaching your full potential? Is your heart overflowing with living water?

The Greek root word for water is ‘hydor’. Here is how water is defined.
1) water
    a) of water in rivers, in fountains, in pools
    b) of the water of the deluge
    c) of water in any of the earth's repositories
    d) of water as the primary element, out of and through which the world that was before the deluge, arose and was compacted
    e) of the waves of the sea
    f) fig. used of many peoples

Have you sipped the living water of Jesus? Have you let Him wash over you completely?

Are you living your life dry and dead?

Or are you flowing with the Living Water?