Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I met with the Master at the break of dawn but the sun was hidden by the clouds and it’s destined to rain again today. It doesn’t take a whole lot of rain to cause the creek to rise, and as I considered the water’s journey and all of the obstacles it goes through along the way; it reminded me of my life. There have been lots of twists and turns and lots of obstacles along the way, but as long as I persevere; none of these things can stop me if I keep moving toward the larger body of water…the Living Water….my Ultimate Destination. Isn’t that the way it is for you too?

When you think about it, it should come as no surprise that Jesus Christ referred to Himself as “Living Water” over and over again. Without water, all life would cease to exist. Without a healthy water source, all life would suffer the consequences and eventually succumb to disease. Water is unstoppable and sometimes it’s relentless in its journey. No mountain, or rocks or any man-made means can stop water completely because nothing can get it’s way of the ultimate goal. It might hit a few obstacles along the way and it might just have to re-route because of it; but it’s unstoppable and it keeps moving toward its ultimate destination. Water is the most powerful solvent and it can “chip” away at anything that stands in it’s way. It’s also the most important nutrient for the human body and when the body goes without it; it suffers. When water sits still it becomes “dead” and stagnant and it is no longer of good use to any life, so “flowing Rivers” is key to get the full benefits of water. The earth is covered with plenty of sea water but if we consume too much salty sea water it leads to death…not life. Every living thing on the earth needs water for life…water that flows freely and water that’s unstoppable…and the Living Waters is the Source of it all… in more ways than one.

Just like riving flowing, life is filled with obstacles but if we focus on our Ultimate Destination, we’ll be unstoppable too. As long as we keep moving we’ll chip away at everything that stands in our way. We’ll sometimes have to re-route in order to keep moving, but re-routing doesn’t mean we lost the battle or that anything had the potential to stop our journey…it just means we had to adjust. If we sit still and we stop moving toward our Ultimate Destination we become stagnant and we are no longer of good use to others. If we allow our journey to add too much salt into life, it’s possible for the bitterness of the salt to take over, and we stand the chance of dimming the True Benefits of the Living Water because of it. As long as we allow the Living Waters to flow freely through us, we can be fierce when it’s needed…but we can be full of life and beautiful too. When others see the Living Waters flowing freely through us; they’ll want to take a little time to enjoy the Peace that comes with it, and it’s when they see the beauty of the Living Waters flowing through us…they’re inclined to want to have Living Water flowing through them too.

Jesus said ” Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” I have Living Water flowing through me and I’ll “never thirst again”. I’ll continue to work my way around every single obstacle I encounter and I’ll keep moving toward my Ultimate Destination as surely as the rivers flow.

How about you? Do you have Living Waters flowing through you? If not, I’ll show you the way. Remember, Living Water is the most powerful Source of all and you’ll never thirst again. Does it get any better than that? Not in my book!