(Sixth part)
Memory verse (John7: 38): " He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water ”
God has redeemed us through Christ to be channels of life and blessings to this hurting and dying world. We are not the end of everything that comes from God. The blessings of God should not end with us, purposes of God should not end with us, healing should not end with you, the joy of the Lord should not end with you but should go out of you to touch your friends, neighbors, relatives, children, spouse, workmates, school mates...
Jesus said the rivers should flow out of our hearts, this means that before rivers flow out of your heart, it should have flowed into your heart. This river has its source in God himself, God is the fountain of this river of Life (Jer 2:13), so it flows out of God into our hearts and then out of our hearts to the people God brings us into contact with. Your river must touch and impact your world. Don’t shut in this river of God, please let it flow out of you to other people. All living things receive and give out life. The Dead Sea in the Middle East is dead simply because it receive water but it does not have an outlet to allow water to flow out it. Whenever water stagnates, it becomes dead. The river of life should flow into our lives and we let it to flow out to other people's lives. Many churches have lost the fire and the river of life because they could not allow this river to flow out of the church to the world. Jesus instructed the Apostle and told them that when the Holy Sprit comes upon them, they would be his witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria and to the uttermost parts of the world. This river of the Holy Spirit flowed from Jerusalem to many parts of the world through preaching of the Apostles. Many lives were healed, multitudes turned over to the Lord our God, churches were planted etc.
Dear ones, Let us allow the river to flow out of the church to the world. Many churches are locked up into their religious prisons, so called denominations; they think they are enjoying their big day. Their eyes are not seeing the dying people for whom Jesus died. They are just busy sharing their big cake of the heavenly blessings, other are claiming their cars, lands, wives, children, houses etc. This is not wrong, but if we think this river only come to bless my tummy, my wallet, my womb, my, my, my then am wrong and it won’t take long before such a church begin to stink. Don’t allow the river to end or stagnate with you.
Nice weekend
