Jesus Christ, the Living Water!

‘Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”’ – John 6:35-40 NIV

Water is essential to the body of humans. According to my research, about one half to two thirds of an average person’s weight is made out of the water. Because of fat tissue and women are likely to have more fat, the percentage of the water in the average women’s bodies is 52% to 55%. Average men tend to have about 60% of water in their bodies. When we are losing water in our bodies or become thirsty, we drink fluids to compensate for water loss and to get rid of thirst.

The content of the story of Jesus talking with a Samaritan woman and the context of John 7:37-41 state that Jesus Christ is the living water because of the Spirit of God. God has poured His Spirit into those who are willing to believe in Jesus after the crucifixion and the resurrection of Him (John 16:7-15). In fact, before He was crucified, He promises His disciples that God is going to send the Holy Spirit as the advocate to help them to stay connected to Him (John 14:15-27). As humans cannot live without the water, they are not able to come to Jesus and believe in Him without the Spirit of God. This means we cannot understand every Scriptures that are in the Bible as the Bible is about knowing Jesus Christ and how to follow Him through faith (Romans 1:16-17). Jesus has said, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them” in John 7:37-38.

Tomorrow, I am going to talk more about the gift of the Holy Spirit in the context of John 6:36-37. Nevertheless, ask yourself a question today: “Have I received the gift Holy Spirit from God? What can I do to receive the Holy Spirit?”