Water is an interesting thing we have here on planet earth. In fact, it's not only interesting, it's an essential part of life. We cannot live without this stuff we call 'water'. It is calculated that about 70% of our globe is covered by water, and about 60% of our own bodies are comprised of water. Water is everywhere and it is an amazing thing the Lord has given us.
The composition of water is a miracle in and of itself. Water is made up of hydrogen ions linked together with hydroxyl ions, to form the molecular combination of H20. The molecular weight for water is 18 grams - which can also be referred to as 1 mole of water. Now, what's cool about this is that just one mole (18 grams) of water contains an unbelievable amount of molecules. The number is huge. In scientific notation, the number is 6.02 x 10 to the 23rd power. The number we have represented here is 602 billion trillion. Written out, this number would be 602,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That's how many water molecules are contained in just 1 mole of water.
The mind of God is incredible and incomprehensible. Many people have a difficult time believing the miracle that Jesus walked on water, but truly, Jesus has already demonstrated a miracle before our eyes in the very composition of water.
Now, I'm writing this for a very specific purpose. Water is an essential and vital part of our lives, without it, we would die. We need this water to stay healthy and hydrated. It cleanses our systems from impurities, keeps our bodies functioning properly, and acts as an antioxidant and replenishes the whole body. In a nutshell, water is a very good and beneficial thing for us. It gives us life. But while this water sustains the physical body, there is another that sustains the soul.
In John chapter 4 verses 13 and 14, Jesus is speaking with a woman of Samaria who came to draw water, and says this, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water sprining up into everlasting life." Further on in the exchange, Jesus discloses to her the He is the Messiah that Israel and the world had been waiting for (John 4:21-26).
We all get thirsty, and have this need for that thirst to be quenched. It's inbuilt in us, it's instinct. But our thirst goes much deeper than that of the physical. Jesus said that He Himself would give us the water that would spring up into everlasting life. But this isn't just a superficial, natural thirst of the body - Jesus was appealing to something far more important and necessary - the thirst of our souls. He explained that this thirst is a reality, every person has it, and only He is the One who is able to quench this thirst. Unless our bodies receive water, we die. Likewise our souls, if they do not receive the Living Water, they too will die.
It's fascinating to me because, Jesus didn't just say He would provide that water, but He indentified Himself as that Living Water. Jesus said in John chapter 7 verses 37 through 39 - ". . ."If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would recieve. . ." It's also interesting because in Jeremiah chapter 2 verse 13, God is speaking to Israel and pleading with them because they have forsaken Him, and He says that they have 'forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters. . .'
Jesus is the Living Water, and the Living God. Without Jesus, we are headed towards death. We need Jesus to revive us and bring us back to life. He is the living Water that will sustain us eternally, that beautiful fountain that never fails, and never runs dry. If we come to Jesus in repentance, believing on His name, He will give us freely that living water that springs up into life everlasting - and there is not a single man living who is not desperately in need of this life-giving, soul saving Water. Apart from Jesus, we are as good as dead. He came so that we might be saved, and have life eternal in His name. If a man has Jesus, he has the Father also - he does not need to work or earn his way into heaven - there is no application process or forms to fill out upon entering - one does not need a greencard to get into heaven - one does not have to go through a waiting period - Jesus registers our names in heaven, in His book, the very moment we come to Him in faith, believing in Him. He cleanses us from all of our sin and unrighteousness, and buries them in the deepest ocean, never again to be remembered against us. Jesus mediated for us, and gave us entrance into heaven through His death on the cross.
But, only those who come to Jesus for forgivness and salvation are afforded this awesome gift. He extends this gift of pardon to all men, but we need to receive it. Jesus said in John chapter 6 verse 37 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out". In another place, the prophet Isaiah, through the Spirit says in 55:7 "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon."
Jesus has done much for us. He has purchased for us eternal life. Let us enter into that life, and be swept away by the flood of God's mercy. He is the Living Water. If we abide in Him, we will be as well watered gardens - enduring into eternity with the One who died on a tree to save us from our sins. Jesus Christ is our light, our life, and our salvation - the Living Water in whom we are restored to eternal life.
"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish." (Ephesians 5:25-27 nkjv).
"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. . ." (John 11:25,26 nkjv).
"And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely." (Revelation 22:17 nkjv).
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