Jesus is
offering a gift that can only come from Him.
37
On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud
voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in
me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to
receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet
been glorified. - John 7:37-39
God made us
for an intimate relationship with Himself, and we cannot get our deepest needs
met anywhere else but in Him. Jesus offers the only satisfaction for spiritual
thirst. In verse 38, from within them refers to the innermost recesses of the
body.
Just as it
was a miracle of God for water to flow from a rock in the Old Testament (giving
life) it is greater miracle of God to have the Holy Spirit flowing from His
people and eternal life.
Praise be to
God for this gift! Amen?