September 7th — SPRINGS OF BENIGNITY
September 7th.SPRINGS OF BENIGNITY
"The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water." John 4:14
The picture Our Lord gives is not that of a channel but a fountain. "Be being fil ed," and the sweetness of vital relationship to Jesus wil flow out of the saint as lavishly as it is imparted to him. If you find your life is not flowing out as it should, you are to blame; something has obstructed the flow. Keep right at the Source, and - you wil be blessed personal y? No, out of you wil flow rivers of living water, irrepressible life.
We are to be centres through which Jesus can flow as rivers of living water in blessing to every one. Some of us are like the Dead Sea, always taking in but never giving out, because we are not rightly related to the Lord Jesus. As surely as we receive from Him, He wil pour out through us, and in the measure He is not pouring out, there is a defect in our relationship to Him. Is there anything between you and Jesus Christ? Is there anything that hinders your belief in Him? If not, Jesus says, out of you wil flow rivers of living water. It is not a blessing passed on, not an experience stated, but a river continual y flowing. Keep at the Source, guard wel your belief in Jesus Christ and your relationship to Him, and there wil be a steady flow for other lives, no dryness and no deadness.
Is it not too extravagant to say that out of an individual believer rivers are going to flow? "I do not see the rivers," you say. Never look at yourself from the standpoint of - Who am I? In the history of God's work you wil nearly always find that it has started from the obscure, the unknown, the ignored, but the steadfastly true to Jesus Christ.