Fountains of Blessing

The water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life —John 4:14

Oswald Chambers devotes several days to the picture of living water and the flow that should come through us. The images deserve this attention because they show our very reason for existence. Consider the lessons to be learned from these descriptions by Christ.

First: That He is the source of all that is good in us and of all good that comes into our lives.
Second: That the good is not to stay within us; because for it to do so results in death and a loss of blessing.
Third: That the function of the blessing is for it to flow to others. So that the blessings will multiply and so that they will be noticed by others and a proper credit given to the source. The ultimate purpose being to bring others to the fountain.
Fourth: The health of the flow is dependent on the healthy status of our relationship to the source. This idea is also portrayed in the image of the vine and the branches, with Him as the vine and us as the branches. A connection to the vine is the source of life and the promise of fruitfulness in the branches.

Stay at the Source, closely guarding your faith in Jesus Christ and your relationship to Him, and there will be a steady flow into the lives of others with no dryness or deadness whatsoever.

Nick