From the Pastor's Desk . . . .
God’s People Are Like Rivers
“If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water” (John 4:10)
The Mississippi River starts with a trickle in the north woods of Minnesota, then heads south on a 2,562-mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico. It begins as a baby, then gradually increases in size and volume, and finally becomes, as the song says, “Old Man River.”
Human beings are something like rivers in that they have a beginning, reach maturity, and finally attain old age. As sinners they can—and often do—go on rampages and cause destructive floods with their riots and revolutions. But when properly trained and guided, they can be a force for good, bringing fruitfulness to the land.
There’s a special way in which people can become streams for good, and that comes about when they receive the water of life given by Jesus Christ. This is the water of salvation flowing from Christ, the Fountain of life. Time and again the Holy Scripture invites us to come and drink of this water free and without charge. Many accept this invitation.
When we drink from Christ, something wonderful happens. The Savior says, “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” (John 4:14). Elsewhere He declares. “Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water’” (John 7:38).
The psalmist tells God, “You give them drink from the river of Your delights” (Psalm 36:8). Then those who have received of the abundance of God’s grace become rivers of blessings in this world. They become like the Mississippi River—they flow and they grow.
By Pastor Edwards
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