(All of this happened last week, so bear with me)
There have been lots of different things occuring in the last week. Teaching classes and giving service messages, evangelizing to homeless men and playing with kids in Bethel. But through it all, one thing in particular has remained constant. And that is water.
After a church service, we got to swim in a pool in the middle of the jungle. During a group sleepover, we got into a water fight. After giving a service, we drove and sang in a rainstorm. And at the end of the week, we played in the ocean and watched the sunset on the horizon.
Looking back, I just wondered why there was so much water. And why every time there was water, we were playing in it. It is a life giving part of the world, and we were splashing in it.
Jesus describes himself as the living water (John 4:10). Everything living needs water. And as people in need of redemption and salvation, we need Christ to live.
But yet, God also created water for our enjoyment. For us to play in. We splash in the pool or sing in the rain, or play in the ocean or have a water fight.
You think that our Creator has a sense of fun? He made us with a desire to splash around and play with what he made. He did not just make water for living; he made water for playing.
And Christ is life giving water living within us. I challenge you to splash around with people with the joy that comes from living water.
