Jesus answered , “ Everyone who drinks this water will be
thirst again, but those whoever drinks the water I give him will never
thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water
welling up to eternal life.”
Jesus Christ is the spring of life, only He is able to
quench the thirst of our spirit and satisfy it and to change every problem into
blessings. The wellspring of Jesus is already in those who believe in Him. But
the problem is do we allow the wellspring to flow continuously? What is this wellspring?
This wellspring is like the Holy Spirit which needs to flow continuously. If it
is stop ( stop hearing the word of God, the conviction of the Holy Spirit) we
will eventually realize that our life would be dried up, we will feel as though
we are lost. Our thoughts will also enter into disbelief, fearful, guilty,
lacking, worried spirit and so on.
If a person does not allow the well spring to flow
continuously, then Satan will come in to contaminate our thoughts, decision and
etc then that person will start having doubts about his own identity. He will also misunderstand God’s words. When face with a problem, he will
start to complain first and feel insecure. His spirit does not have the
strength at all to face the daily challenges.
This is why sometimes believers feel fine for one minute
then feel bad the next, or sometimes they
have the conviction but sometimes they don’t. This is because they do not
maintain the continuous flow of the well spring.
To maintain the continuous flow, firstly, we must come
before His throne of mercy with complete honesty. We should not hide ourselves.
A lot of times, when we see our own weaknesses and sins, we feel extremely
ashamed to face God followed by accusations, feeling guilty and unable to see
His favour. Therefore, we are unable to come before God. When a person cannot
face God, gradually he will develop misunderstanding in His words and later on
he will be bounded by his own problems and does not have the strength to break
free. What is the biggest area that Satan attacks in believer ? Satan makes us
disobey God’s love in our relationship and His precious calling in us. So, do
not be deceived by Satan. Our God is a merciful God, therefore He does not
simply get angry even if He does His anger will not last. When we come before
His throne of mercy with complete honesty, we will be able to hear His love and
perfect will.
Secondly, in order to maintain the flow we must have
confirmation. We must confirm that our lives belong to God, His love never changes,
He will protect us and seek justice for us. When we have a confirmed heart then only we are able to
get rid of the fearful, worrisome and disbelief heart. Even though in our lives
we have struggles, hurts and conflicts
but our God is the one who grants us peace. His peace is able to triumph over
all the darkness. If we keep our fears within us then our decisions, view and
thoughts will be shaken. But when we know God’s perfect timetable and His
calling in us, then strength and courage will be upon us.
Thirdly, we must confirm the guidance of the Holy Spirit. If
we do not confirm God’s daily guidance in every of our matter we won’t be able
to keep up with the Holy Spirit. The Holy
Spirit must first convict and guide us in the things we do. For example, if a
person sees that the outcome of certain event is not very good and he starts to
think of the solutions to solve it , then the power of the Holy Spirit cannot
be shown fully. And in the end, it will only cause the person to be more
stressed and disheartened. So do not rush before God but first we must confirm
our blessed identity and His love for us and His calling in our lives. And use
what we have confirmed to discover God’s perfect will in our problems and life.
It is only through this that we can see the work of the Holy Spirit. This is
what it meant by confirming the guidance of the Holy Spirit and continuously
obey it.
So, the three points above is the mystery of maintaining the
flow of the well spring. We have already have the eternal spring in our lives,
when we drink from it we will never be thirsty anymore because we have tasted
the love of Christ with His strength and victory. The most important thing is
that we must allow the spring to flow continuously so that we can have joy and
satisfaction forever.
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