Nineteenth Mountain Peak

'For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and. floods upon the dry ground: / will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spiring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses"Isaiah44:3, 4.

WHEN HE FOUND us in the wilderness (Deut. 32:10), we were like a desert land, very very barren and with not the least hope of becoming fruitful. If you try to pour water in a wilderness, it will never improve. It will remain a desert.

Here the Lord is saying in vs. 3 and 4, that like a flood He wants to give us the Holy Spirit. This is God's desire to make our lives abundantly fruitful. Even though we have been extremely barren for years, by receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit by simple faith our barren life can become abundantly fruitful. We have seen, how thieves and murderers after being born again become mighty men of God. Before that their lives were full of curse. Wherever they went, they brought unhappiness, shame and sin. But through love, ministry and prayer many lives are being transformed because of the promise that those who believe on Him, from their lives will flow rivers of living water (John 7:37. 38). Through simple faith rivers of living waters can flow from us to others, and through our transformed lives many may be blessed and their lives transformed. We are seeing people who once lived such a shameful life everywhere, yet who have now become mighty men of God. We can see from their prayer life and ministry and testimony that they are filled with the Holy Spirit. That is the experience of many. That is how the Lord is pouring out His Spirit even to-day. in many parts of the world. Through a simple man. He can do great things (1 Cor. 1:26-28, 29). God uses even foolish men, and despised men to do great things, and through a few changed lives. He changes many lives.

In North India, in a small village there was a poor illiterate man, who heard the gospel, and was born again. The missionaries said to him, "You are in danger now. come and stay with us in our compound and you will be protected." But he replied, "God has not saved me for safety, but to be His witness. Let them hate me, I want to be God's witness". The village people all hated him and took away his things and would not allow him to take water from their well. He had to go to a neighbouring village and drink dirty water. But he began to pray for them. and one by one, the villagers came to him, and asked him to pray for them in their troubles. They knew that he was a man of God and asked his forgiveness, requesting him to come back to their village. God can change the foolish, illiterate and despised and fill them with His Spirit, that through their ministry many lives may be changed.