All four of the texts talk about water in some form. There is mention of streams, springs, rivers and even oceans. If you can remember your school days and geography lessons you will understand how these four are linked. Springs bubble up from the ground and form small streams that meander towards the sea growing wider and becoming rivers, these finally run out into open water.
The image of water in the Bible is often interchangeable with the idea of God’s blessing and here it is no different. The river that Ezekiel witnesses does many things. Life springs up on its banks and numerous fish fill its waters. This river is also able to turn the salty water of the dead sea to fresh as it flows to its final destination. Revelation gives us a similar image as its river feeds the ‘tree of life’ that produces fruit for food. Isaiah’s spring also brings blessing as its water makes its way through the wilderness and animals and humans are given drink from it.
All three of these images speak of God’s blessing. They remind us that, as we stand in God’s life-giving water, it sustain us and allows us to grow and flourish. As we take part in God’s mission we will find that we need to not only stand in this stream, but also wade in it, as Ezekiel did, until the water carries us with it.
Questions
- Where would you place yourself in God’s river; paddling on the edge, standing in the shallows or wading through the river?
- Do you sometimes feel your faith is dry? How do you find ways of refreshing and refilling?
- Have you ever taken part in mission or spoken with someone about your faith? How did you feel? Where did you find the courage to take the step of faith?
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Prayer Pointers
- That God would lead you into His river to sustain you on your journey.
- If you feel that your faith has run dry or that you need to be filled with God’s Spirit, ask Him to come and fill you.
Credits – ‘Salt River 2’ by Eric Vondy under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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