Living Water

Guest Writer

By Angie

This summer, my daughter volunteered to be the keeper of Max, her class’s red-eared slider turtle. The teacher gave her a feeding schedule and instructions on cleaning the water-filled aquarium. She recommended that the tank should be cleaned once a week. As the cleaning time grew near, poor Max would be swimming in green, murky water.

We all know what stagnant water is. This non-flowing water is stale and foul. In order for water to be fresh, we must empty out the old and replenish with new, fresh water. I periodically do this with the cats’ water bowl and the birdbath that sits in my flowerbed. Otherwise the water becomes putrid and useless.In the book of John, we learn that Jesus offers living water. When we drink of that water, we will never thirst again. The water that He gives must not be held in. He instructs us, “Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him (John 7:38).” Did you get that? His water flows into us and then out to others.

Living water is moving water, unlike the water in the turtle tank, water bowl, and birdbath. Allow His life-giving water to flow freely. Offer hope, mercy, truth, and kindness to others. Keep the water clean. Give others a fresh drink in this dry and weary land.