He's Alive

Sunday is coming!  Sunday we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  Sunday we once again remember how great is God's love for us in that He allowed His one and only son to die for us.  Today and not just Sunday may you be overwhelmed by God's great love for you.  Take time out of your busy schedules to praise Him and thank Him for all He has done!

He was handed over to die because of our sins, and he was raised to life to make us right with God (Rom 4:25 NLT).

Happy Resurrection Day!  Jesus is Alive!!!

Treasures - Spring O Well

Have you ever stopped to consider the fact that a lot of earthly treasures like silver and gold are buried in the earth?  Individuals seeking those treasures must work to dig them out sometimes in harsh unstable environments. There are numerous shows on television now about gold mining ,but the one that I first started seeing these nuggets of truth was Bearing Sea Gold.  The Bearing Sea is mighty cold.  The water temperatures average between 34-45 degrees and I believe the water can get even colder than that.  Can you imagine mining for gold in this environment?  God sure hid those earthly treasures good!

So if man is willing to go to such extreme lengths to reach a treasure that does not satisfy why are Christians not going to the same extremes to unearth Godly treasures?  Why are we not digging into His word to reveal the treasures that lie within?  Why are we not going to extremes to proclaim His truth to others? Why do we not worship Him with all that is within us?  If we truly love God and desire more and more of Him than why is He not first in our lives?

If we developed such an intimate close relationship with God where His love flowed freely to us and through us then I believe we would not have to dig for the Godly treasures that lie deep within.  I believe it will be as the first gold miners proclaimed:  the gold is lying on the ground all you have to do is pick it up.  We would truly understand how great is God's love towards us.  That He lavishes not only His love on us but all good things.  We would be walking in complete and divine healing and deliverance.  We would be loving God and loving the one in front of us.

In Psalm 84 God's word proclaims one of the treasures available to His children, that He will withhold NO good thing from those whose walk is blameless.  Now I know we are not perfect, but when God looks at us all He sees is Jesus in us.  Guess what Jesus was blameless so that means we have everything we need in Him.  Makes you want to dance!!!

• For the Lord God is our sun and our shield.  He gives us grace and glory.  The Lord will  withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.  Ps 84:11 NLT
•  the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those who walk is blameless.  Psalm 84:11

After showing me the treasures lying on top of the ground God also showed me a stream that was flowing freely in a beautiful meadow.  I believe He was showing me that more treasure was to be found in the stream.  As God was revealing this word to me He also brought to me the song Spring Up O Well.  At this point I started to question God.  One the song is a bit old school and I truly doubted it would be on YouTube.  Second a well is underground not above and everything He was showing me was above ground.

The word says ask and you shall receive.  Well God was great to answer my question.  He took me to the story of Jesus and the Samaritan Women in John 4 and then He took me to John 7:38.  God gives great answers, by the time I got to John 7:38 I was shouting and dancing it is that good!


John 4 contains the story about Jesus and the Samaritan Woman.   Vs 10 If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.  vs 14 Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst.  Indeed the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.

John 7:38 declares that Whoever believes in me as the Scripture has said streams of living water will flow from within him.

The Amplified translations says it well also:

³⁸ He who believes in Me [who cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me] as the Scripture has said, From his innermost being shall flow [continuously] springs and rivers of living water.

 

The well springs up and the stream flows!  I believe the well symbolizes God's love within us. If we are filled to overflowing with God's love, if we believe in, trust in, and rely on Him then that love will begin to spring up out of that well to become streams of living water that will affect all those who come in contact with it.  We will not only be able to pick up the treasures God has readily available for us such as healing and wholeness but we will have such an abundance that we will be able to give some of the treasure away as well.

Enjoy the song, it is a short one this time!