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Have you ever watched a dry landscape come alive when water begins to flow? In the middle of a barren desert, a single spring can transform everything it touches. What was once cracked and lifeless suddenly bursts into green, lush growth. Water doesn’t just improve the land—it changes its very nature.

During the Festival of Tabernacles in Jerusalem, Jesus stood before the crowds and declared, “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water” (John 7:38 NKJV).

This vivid image would have resonated deeply with His listeners. They understood that wherever living water moved, it turned dead places into oases. Jesus was describing what happens when a person truly believes in Him and abides in Him. A heart connected to Christ becomes a wellspring of life and blessing to the world around it.

Today, we need to ask ourselves: What does our spiritual landscape look like? Are we channels of life-giving water, or are we blending in with the dryness around us? Does our presence refresh and renew others, or leave them unchanged?

Jesus made it clear: authentic faith is never stagnant. When we trust and obey Him, the result is unmistakable—living water flows from our lives into a thirsty world. That water is His Spirit working through us, producing love, joy, hope, and truth that cannot help but spread.

It’s easy to blame the culture, politics, or entertainment industry for the moral and spiritual drought around us. But Jesus suggests we first look inward. If we are connected to Him, then transformation should begin with us. The evidence of our faith is that the places around us begin to look different—like desert soil touched by rain.

Water brings life. It always has, and it always will. When His living water flows through us, it revives what is withered and gives hope where there was none.

So take a moment to consider: Is the river flowing from you? Is it saturating your family, your workplace, your community with the life of Jesus?

PRAYER

Father, let Your living water flow through me. Fill me so completely with Your Spirit that my words and actions refresh and restore those around me. May my life bring life to others, for Your glory. Amen.