Great cities are built on the water: New York, Cairo, London, Paris, Rome, Tokyo—but not Jerusalem. This world capital, a sacred destination to billions of Christians, Jews, and Muslims—has no river, no port, no shipping. Jerusalem is landlocked. But in Heaven the New Jerusalem will be the source of the greatest river:
“There was water flowing from under the door of the temple, trickling…. It came to my ankles. A thousand cubits downstream, to my knees. Another thousand cubits, it reached my waist. At one mile it became a river deep enough to swim; it could not be crossed on foot…. I saw a forest of trees along the riverbank. And when the river hit the Dead Sea, it turned that foul sea fresh. Every kind of living creature that swarms will live there and there will be a huge number of fish. Because the river is fresh, there will be LIFE everywhere it flows. Fish of all kinds, animals of all kinds, trees providing food of all kinds during every month of the year. The fruit will be for food and the leaves will be for medicine.” Ezekiel 47:1-12.
That is SOME RIVER in heaven (and a lot of animals!). But this is also a picture of the “river of living water” that flows inside a child of God.
Jesus said, “Whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst again, but that water will become a spring of water inside him bubbling up with eternal life.” John 4:14.
Jesus is the LIVING WATER. If He lives in you, this life-giving river flows in your heart.
Do you see life flowing out of you? Is your heart an underground spring, with life-giving water bubbling up and spilling over? Does your presence bring nourishment and hope and healing to people around you? Is there enough life in you to support other lives—the way a river supports trees, animals, and fish?
Study the word and God will breathe new life into your dry bones, so much life that you will become a great blessing to others.
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