Springs of Benignity
The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water. – John 4:14The picture Our Lord gives is not that of a channel but a fountain.
“Be being filled,” and the sweetness of vital relationship to Jesus
will flow out of the saint as lavishly as it is imparted to him. If
you find your life is not flowing out as it should, you are to blame;
something has obstructed the flow. Keep right at the Source, and –
you will be blessed personally? No, out of you will flow rivers of
living water, irrepressible life.We are to be centres through which Jesus can flow as rivers of living
water in blessing to every one. Some of us are like the Dead Sea,
always taking in but never giving out, because we are not rightly
related to the Lord Jesus. As surely as we receive from Him, He will
pour out through us, and in the measure He is not pouring out, there
is a defect in our relationship to Him. Is there anything between you
and Jesus Christ? Is there anything that hinders your belief in Him?
If not, Jesus says, out of you will flow rivers of living water. It
is not a blessing passed on, not an experience stated, but a river
continually flowing. Keep at the Source, guard well your belief in
Jesus Christ and your relationship to Him, and there will be a steady
flow for other lives, no dryness and no deadness.Is it not too extravagant to say that out of an individual believer
rivers are going to flow? “I do not see the rivers,” you say. Never
look at yourself from the standpoint of – Who am I? In the history of
God’s work you will nearly always find that it has started from the
obscure, the unknown, the ignored, but the steadfastly true to Jesus
Christ.