FROM WHICH STREAM DO YOU CHOOSE TO DRINK?
The Word says in Song of Solomon 4:15: “You are a fountain (springing up) in a garden, a well of living waters, & flowing streams from Lebanon.”
As born again children of God we are suppose to be a fountain, a well, where streams of living waters must flow from, out of our innermost being, into a thirsty world.
In 1 Chronicles 11:17 David was longing to drink from the well of Bethlehem which he new was pure, refreshing water that would nourish him & give him strength.
(1 Chronicles 11:17”And David longingly said, Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate”!)
Which kind of water do you long for? Do you just drink anything that is given to you, even if the stream are polluted?
In Colossians 3:15 the Lord says “And let the peace from Christ rule (ACT AS UMPIRE CONTINUALLY) in your hearts (deciding & settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds….”
If you do not have peace about something don’t drink what is not pure.
Can people come and sit with you and drink from your well that is pure or is the well, which is flowing out of you polluted because of what you choose to drink from?
In Jeremiah 2:18 this powerful Scripture says: “And now what have you to gain by allying yourself with Egypt and going her way, to drink the [black and roiled] waters of the Nile? Or what have you to gain in going the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the Euphrates?”
This is the polluted streams the Lord is warning us about & that we should not drink from. This only brings destruction & bondage & pain.
Daniel 1:8says: “But Daniel determined in his heart that he would not defile himself by [eating his portion of] the king's rich and dainty food or by [drinking] the wine which he (the king) drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might [be allowed] not to defile himself.”
The Lord will honour you who choose not to drink from polluted streams.
Ps 36:8 promise ”They relish and feast on the abundance of Your house; and You cause them to drink of the stream of Your pleasures.
When you choose to drink from the polluted streams John 4:13 is clear ”Jesus answered her: All who drink of this water will be thirsty again. But whoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him, shall never, no never, be thirsty anymore. But the water that I will give him shall become a spring of water welling up (flowing, bubbling) [continually] within him unto (into, for) eternal life. “
The Lord clearly directs us in the Word to the pure living waters: ”He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as out of the deep.” Psalm 78:15
In your wilderness the Lord wants to supply abundantly for you who thirst for His pure living waters.
“Come, eat of my bread and drink of the [spiritual] wine which I have mixed.” Proverbs 9:5
”And Jesus said to them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, you cannot have any life in you unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood [unless you appropriate His life and the saving merit of His blood].” John 6:53
“He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood has (possesses now) eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.” John 6:54
”For My flesh is true and genuine food, and My blood is true and genuine drink.” John 6:55
“He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood dwells continually in Me, and I [in like manner dwell continually] in him.” John 6:56
The Lord cries out to you who are thirsty - come to ME and drink – you don’t need to drink from the polluted streams.
“Now on the final and most important day of the Feast, Jesus stood, and He cried in a loud voice, If any man is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink!” John 7:37
The Lord is on His way – will you be found sitting at streams of pure living water or will you be found sitting at polluted waters.You see, when you drink only from this River of Life, then Ezek 47v12 will be true in your life which says: “And on the banks of the river on both its sides, there shall grow all kinds of trees for food; their leaf shall not fade nor shall their fruit fail [to meet the demand]. Each tree shall bring forth new fruit every month, [these supernatural qualities being] because their waters came from out of the sanctuary. And their fruit shall be for food and their leaves for healing.” Please read Ezek 47:1 -12
Jesus prayed “Sanctify them, (purify, consecrate, separate them for Yourself, make them holy) by Truth; Your WORD is TRUTH.” John 17:17
Choose to be sanctified & purified by His WORD, which is the only TRUTH, from which streams of living water flows.
“So then, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you may do, do all for the honor and glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31
“The [Holy] Spirit and the bride (the church, the true Christians) say, Come! And let him who is listening say, Come! And let everyone come who is thirsty [who is painfully conscious of his need of those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported, and strengthened]; and whoever [earnestly] desires to do it, let him come, take, appropriate, and drink the water of Life without cost.” Revelation 22:17
Lord, we thirst for Your living water - help us to choose to drink only from the River of Life & that we will not be satisfied with anything else. Amen
In His unfailing love,
Nicolene Dressel