River of Life

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about being intimate with the Father, about being in His Presence.
Jesus, while He was here on this earth, spent hours away with His Father, in order to sustain Himself. He was our example.

In our modern world, the busyness of the age, whether in personal life or work life or ministry, tries to take over our lives and we must stand against that thief of our time with the One Who loves us more than His life. He proved that by laying down His life for us.

In John 7:37-39 Jesus spoke to us and He said that if anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink and he that believes on me, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. He spoke this concerning the Holy Spirit. Are you thirsting, longing for the Lord’s presence? Come to Him and drink in, take a big drink of, His Presence. And how do we do that? Sit or lie quietly and focus on Him as you have worship songs playing in the background; focus on His Word and read it; pray in the spirit. We are not talking here about prayers of petition. We are talking about listening to the Father and letting Him pour into us and us pour into Him. We’re talking about drinking of the water of the Holy Spirit.

In this passage, Jesus didn’t say river; He said rivers. In Ezekiel 47, Ezekiel was shown the River of God, the River of Life, first to the ankle, then to the knees, then to the loins and then waters to swim in. And in verse 9, we see that wherever the river goes, every living thing that swims in it shall live; everything shall live wherever the river goes because there’s healing in the waters. The Lord is talking about Himself, His Spirit. How deep have you gone in God? And how deep do you want to go? And why haven’t you done it yet? What is holding you back?

In Revelation John saw the River of Life proceeding out of the Throne of God. What Ezekiel saw in chapter 47 was what John saw. Life comes from God and it is symbolized in these passages as water. The Holy Spirit is the life of God. Stir yourself up in the Holy Spirit by praying in tongues, praying in the spirit and the River will flow.

Receive the river of God today; tap into the river of God; let the Holy Ghost flow on and through you in gushing overflowing rivers. Wherever those rivers of living water flow, healing comes, miracles happen, the dead are raised, the people receive Jesus.

Get yourself flowing in the River of God. Keep drinking of the water of the Holy Spirit. Swim in the River of Life. Move with the River of Life. Let the river flow.