His River of Life Flowing Out of You

 

 

"I've got a River of Life flowing out of me

Makes the lame to walk, and the blind to see

Opens prison doors, sets the captives free

I've got a River of Life flowing out of me

Spring up Oh Well, within my soul

Spring up Oh Well, and make me whole

Spring up Oh Well, and give to me

That life abundantly" --old hymn (unsure of writer)

I heard Holy Spirit say to me, "You have a River of Life flowing out of you."

This River gives life, this River is Him. He is the River inside of you and He is ready to flow out. He is an ever flowing fountain of life. He saturates every part of us and soaks us with His refreshing waters of Life, bringing life to every dead thing within. This River is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

 

We have been on this journey of discovering our identity of Christ within. For some it's been a long one, with long bouts of wilderness wandering. Others seem to have catapulted into their true identity and it's been a quick trip. There will be others that continue on this journey of learning Who lives inside of them.

 

One thing I believe to be true though, those who are ready for a wild ride, better hold on tight because this transition is going to be quick, adventurous and incredibly exciting. Imagine roaring rapids, yeah, that exciting and breath taking!

Jesus told the woman at the well, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water again." John 4:13-15

 

This River is the promised Holy Spirit that Jesus talked about. We now have Him literally living inside of us, He is our source. We thirst no more because the River of Life is inside of us. I've heard it said or sang in songs, "I thirst for You", when all the time, the Fountain has been within. We have been living from the outside in, instead of the inside out. People have been sticking out their fists and fighting, battling circumstances from the outside, instead of seeking/drinking from the deep Well from within. Just like the woman at the well asks Jesus to give her water so she won't be thirsty but she also mentions that she won't have to come to draw water there again. This is a picture of His River of Life living inside of us, not from the outside, no longer do we have to have an outside source of water to draw from but we have a Fountain within. A tabernacle is which He dwells forever.

 

Deep calls out to deep and I see in the Spirit a water geyser about to erupt. Many have felt great despair and anguish in their souls but the deep "knowing" of His Spirit within is much greater than their pain and affliction. From that deep place will arise songs of victory, songs of overcoming, songs of redemption, song and prayers of freedom. There has been much pressure applied, where these deep wells have been being dug. I see Him digging deeper and deeper within, to that deep place where His Living waters flow and there is a never ending supply. So, spring up oh wells!

 

One of the issues with the body of Christ has been that we have these places within where His water cannot flow. These places within are things we have built ourselves, things that have taken His place where He wants to FULLY dwell. They are like cisterns inside of us that are completely dry and empty. Where His living water is suppose to flow, we have created idols in those places, we have forsaken the Lord and it's like a dam that has stopped up the flow of water within.

As a nation we have tried to build bigger, to be stronger, to conquer and to fight without the help of God. We have tried to "do church" on our terms, followed the ways of man and it has caused a dam where the fountain of living water cannot flow!! Just like when Moses struck the rock twice for water to come from it, when the Lord told him to speak to it. We have been the same way and believed that we knew of a better way, that our ways would work instead of His.

 

Jeremiah 2:13 "For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn for themselves cisterns--broken cisterns that hold no water."

 

We the church have sat back for far too long, we have become lukewarm and complacent, like stagnant water with mosquitoes swarming around it. IT IS TIME FOR THE DAM TO BUST AND HIS LIVING WATER TO FLOW WITHIN BREAKING EVERY CISTERN THAT IS EMPTY!! IT IS TIME FOR THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE TO FLOW OUT OF US TO SATURATE THIS WORLD WITH HIS GLORY!!!

 

This world is dry and parched and so thirsty for His water, His life, His love. We have the answer living inside of us, His Kingdom is within us!!! There is HOPE and there is LIFE and encouragment in these words!!! For the River of Life is flowing out of you and it will make the lame to walk and the blind to see, open prison doors and set the captives free!!!! Let His River remove those hinderances of His flow within you so that from you shall flow rivers of living water from your belly, the very depth of your being!!! The pressures have been fierce but glory to God, it will only create a bigger geyser of His living water to erupt from within you!!! Others near you WILL GET WET AND THEY WILL NEVER THIRST AGAIN, FOR THE RIVER IS HIM!!! WWWOOOOSHHH!!!

 

John 7:37-39 "On the last day, that great day of the Feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of His heart will flow rivers of living water." 39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified."

 

"Lord, I just pray right now that we, the body of Christ, would allow You to remove every dry and empty place within us. We give You permission to remove it, bust, destroy these cisterns within that we have built and are taking up space and damming up the flow of Your living water within us. Forgive us Lord for allowing those places within us, for believeing that we had it all together or that we could do anything without You. We repent for our idols and our selfish ways, purfiy our hearts Lord. God, I pray for an eruption of Your living water to come from us in such a way that everyone around us will get saturated with Your goodness, Your glory, Your love!!! That everyone we meet will get "wet"!!! Let Your waves crash over us and let it flow now from within us and out onto the earth and those around us!! All for Your glory, all for men to be drawn to You!!! Thank You Lord that Your River of Life is flowing from us now without hinderance, without anything blocking the flow of Your fountain of life!!! To God be the glory forever and ever.....Amen!!!"

 

Immersed In Him,

 

Amanda Leonard