The Dead Sea is a lake in Israel that has no inflow-and no outflow. There may be times when we continue receiving from God, but for some reason stop giving out, and releasing His life to others. We stop speaking out about God’s goodness because we ourselves are living in pain, discouragement or doubt. When this happens, we need to reconnect with God again. People around us are not being drawn by God’s Presence in our lives. The River of God has a source-the intimate Presence of God-and an influence, bringing salvation, life and healing to people.īut if we stop partaking, and we stop receiving, we may begin to feel spiritually dry. (The invitation of God to someone reading this right now is-step into this River by faith).Ī river has movement, inflow, and outflow. The River not only flows from His Presence-it is His Presence-His Holy Spirit. And from the River of His Spirit flows salvation, healing, transformation and the joy that comes from knowing and partaking of God Himself.Ī look at the Gospels and the book of Acts demonstrates this, as Jesus and His followers go about announcing the Good News, and healing and miracles flow. Jesus said that when we drink from Him, receiving His life, and are filled with His Holy Spirit, rivers of living water flow out from within our lives. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive.” (John 7:38-39a)
“ Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. (see above scriptures and also Joel 3:18) The River of Life flows from God’s PresenceĬonsistently, we see that the River of Life flows from the very seat of God’s Presence: the place He inhabits and reigns.
“ feast on the abundance of your house you give them drink from your river of delights.” (Ps 36:8)Ħ. “There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.” (Psalm 46:4). (Ezek 47:9-10) The harvest on God’s heart is souls-people from every tribe and tongue. (Matt 4:19, Rev 7:9) 5. Where once there were no fish, fish abound, and fishermen spread their nets for an abundant catch. Trees surrounding the river bore fruit for food and leaves for healing. Healing is associated with the River of Life.Įzekiel also had a vision of a River with life-giving properties flowing out from the temple, after God’s glorious Presence had returned there. It is the final page of Scripture, and we again see God’s heart for nations and peoples. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.” (Rev 22:2) In the last chapter of the Bible, we read of the river of life flowing from the throne of God: “ On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. The Bible begins with an earthly Eden and an earthly river and ends with a Heavenly Eden and a Heavenly river. (Gen 2:10-14) In this way, our Father prepared a means of sustenance and life to nations and peoples before they were even in existence. This river separated into four headwaters, sending out life-giving waters through the land. A river flowed out of the Garden of Eden, the place where God communed with Adam and Eve. To this day, when my husband Malcolm and I are driving through the countryside on our way to minister in a church, we have an urge to call out “River!” when we pass by a river (and sometimes do!) 6 Biblical Insights About the River of Life 1. Our theme for that particular trip was “River to the Nations” and for fun, whenever we passed by or crossed over a river during the long hours of traveling, we would all shout “River!” We were traveling with our two children, then aged 8 and 5 years old. I have fond memories of a ministry trip that we did as a family through the South Island of New Zealand in 1998. If you are feeling dry today, or long to see fruitfulness in your life again, the River of God-the Holy Spirit-can flow once more through your life.
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