The Sustaining, Healing Water of Life

The Sovereignty of God
The Alpha and Omega

Living Waters

Isaiah 41:17-20  The Message

^17-20 “The poor and homeless are desperate for water,
    their tongues parched and no water to be found.
But I’m there to be found, I’m there for them,
    and I, God of Israel, will not leave them thirsty.
I’ll open up rivers for them on the barren hills,
    spout fountains in the valleys.
I’ll turn the baked-clay badlands into a cool pond,
    the waterless waste into splashing creeks.
I’ll plant the red cedar in that treeless wasteland,
    also acacia, myrtle, and olive.
I’ll place the cypress in the desert,
    with plenty of oaks and pines.
Everyone will see this. No one can miss it—
    unavoidable, indisputable evidence
That I, God, personally did this.
    It’s created and signed by The Holy of Israel.

For Reflection
Water: the symbol of purity, of purification, and of turmoil, and fearsome power.

We can not survive long without water.  Water is the essence of our existence.  Thirst drives desperation.  We thirst for freedom.  We thirst for community.  We thrust for justice.  We thirst to be seen as God intended us to be.  We thirst for compassion. We thirst for forgiveness.  We are desperate for love.  God turns the wasteland of scalded lives into a lush living paradise filled with the Holy Spirit.

Pray

that you will drink from living water. Pray that you will flood the parched land with healing waters of love.  Pray that you will rest in the pools of God's grace.