Jesus Calls Us
Experiencing the Resurrection
Jesus Tallks with a Samaritan Woman
Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5John 7:37-43 The Voice37 On the last day, the biggest day of the festival, Jesus stood again and spoke aloud. Jesus: If any of you is thirsty, come to Me and drink. 38 If you believe in Me, the Hebrew Scriptures say that rivers of living water will flow from within you.[a] 39 Jesus was referring to the realities of life in the Spirit made available to everyone who believes in Him. But the Spirit had not yet arrived because Jesus had not been glorified. Some of the Crowd: 40 This man is definitely the Prophet. Others: 41 This is God's Anointed, the Liberating King! Still Others: Is it possible for the Anointed to come from Galilee? 42 Don't the Hebrew Scriptures say that He will come from Bethlehem,[b] King David's village, and be a descendant of King David? 43 Rumors and opinions about the true identity of Jesus divided the crowd.
For Reflection
"The Holy Spirit connects believers to the Father and His Son. So any fear about being disconnected from God may be abandoned; the Creator of the Universe dwells within His people, sustains them, and will accomplish the impossible through them." (Commentary embedded in the text.)
Is Jesus suggesting that those who drink the water he gives will themselves become sources of this living water? Does this mean that if one is a believer and faithful to one's belief, the Holy Spirit will issue from us and be shared with all those with whom we come in contact?
Yes!
One can not hide the Spirit of the Lord, nor can one withhold its light. "The water that I will give," says Jesus to the Samaritan woman, "will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life."
Pray Pray that you will be a "living water" source to all within your sphere of influence. Finally, pray for the courage to own this gift.
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