"PERPETUALLY LIVING BY THE RIVERS OF LIVING WATER"

1. Jesus Christ blesses all who believe in Him with rivers of the living water of His Spirit.

2. We must learn to walk in the Holy Spirit to experience His fullness.

Jesus Christ blesses all who believe in Him with rivers of living water so that we will be satisfied in Him and so that we become a source of blessing to others.“Innermost being” is literally, “belly.” The belly is the inner part of us that is always craving something. But here, rather than craving earthly things, the implication is that our inner cravings are abundantly satisfied through the indwelling Spirit.The picture is that God sustained and satisfied the needs of His people through His Spirit, even when they were in a barren land. That’s the picture Jesus uses here: Jesus supplies us with the abundant, soul-satisfying rivers of living water of His Spirit, who reveals to us the riches of Christ for our every need. The rivers flow out of us to others who are thirsty. The world is a barren desert, and people are dying of thirst. You and I are to be the rivers of living water that these dying people need. As they see Christ in us (the fruit of the Spirit) and want what we have, we can tell them how they can come to Jesus and drink. As you’re filled with the Spirit and satisfied in Christ, you can overflow to those around you, beginning in your home. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control should be flowing daily from husbands to wives and from wives to husbands, from parents to children and from children to parents. These qualities should be flowing between us in the church, even if you find a fellow believer difficult to be around.