When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze. (Isaiah 43:2 NIV)
Water in the Bible holds great significance, and God has been speaking to me about the Living Water of Jesus that lives within me and within you. Yesterday he gave me a picture (vision?) of a person in his River of Life that was protected from the smoke and flames of the “forest fire” of the world around them. Allow your imagination to help you hear these words from God:
I AM the Living Water flowing down from the throne of Glory. I AM the source of the Holy Spirit’s flow within you. I AM what quenches your thirst, the streams in your desert, the wellspring of Life within you. I AM your safety when the world around you is burning. Quickly, children, come to my River! Don’t just play on the shore, but come fully in to the flow of the Living Water. The current of my Spirit is running, but you will not drown. I will carry you. Like an animal that comes to the river in a forest fire, come to the Living Water for safety and protection. Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest. Come to me, you who are facing flames of unrest, indecision, fear, anger, intolerance, injustice, or persecution. Come to my River of protection. Come away from the smoke and burning fire of the world and into my River of Refreshment. Enter in fully. My Living Water is warm, pure, and nourishing. Drink deeply from my Water. When you come into the waters you will not drown. When you go through the fires you will not be burned up, for I AM with you. I gave Jesus for your salvation because you are precious to me and I love you. Relax, play, bask in my River. In it there is safety, protection, freedom, joy, and LIFE!! Abundant LIFE!! Come, Children to my River of Abundant Life!!
Holy Spirit,
Thank you for your Word and your invitation. Help us to fully enter your flow of Living Water and live the loved, protected, and Abundant Life you have for us, we ask in Jesus’s name, AMEN.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” – Jesus (Matthew 11:28 NIV)
Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” (John 4:13-14 NIV)
But now, O Jacob, listen to the Lord who created you.
O Israel, the one who formed you says,
“Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you.
I have called you by name; you are mine.
When you go through deep waters,
I will be with you.
When you go through rivers of difficulty,
you will not drown.
When you walk through the fire of oppression,
you will not be burned up;
the flames will not consume you.
For I am the Lord, your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
I gave Egypt as a ransom for your freedom;
I gave Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
Others were given in exchange for you.
I traded their lives for yours
because you are precious to me.
You are honored, and I love you. (Isaiah 43:1-4 NLT)