River of Life

Ezekiel 47-48; Luke 2 

“The man brought me back to the entrance to the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east…now it was a river that I could not cross…He asked me, ‘Son of man, do you see this?’…so where the river flows everything will live.”

Ezekiel 47:1, 5, 6, 9

This river of life is also described in Revelation 22 as being the source of life for the residents of the New Jerusalem. The river of the water of life is God’s Spirit which Jesus promised would flow from the inner beings of those who would later believe in him. Our bodies, rather like a brick and mortar building, have become the temples of God’s presence. Out of our lives will (should) flow the river of God’s Spirit. Wherever the Spirit of God flows, there is life - life in relationships, life-giving vision, and life-filled families and communities. Beside the river of life grows the tree of life, whose leaves are for the healing of the nations. Those filled to overflowing with the life of God bring healing to the nations through the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Is this river of life flowing through us?

“Lord Jesus, you are the life-giver, and your Spirit is life! Fill me this day with your Spirit, that others may experience your life.”