By Amanda T. (read her blog here)
We have already looked at the
soil in which we are planted. But there is one important element in raising
fruit trees that we forgot to mention: water. We can dig a hole, stick our
fruit tree in it, cover it with soil (even good soil), and leave it. What will
soon happen? The tree will thrive for a while, gaining nutrients from the soil,
but without water, the tree will eventually shrivel up and die.
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Jesus said, “whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never
thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water
springing up into everlasting life.” (John 4:14)
We can spend hours a day bent
over God’s Word (the good Soil), reading chapter after chapter, but unless we
have Jesus Christ living inside us – that life-giving Water – it will not take
root and bear fruit. Reading the Bible is not enough. It will not save us.
Let us revisit the passage where
Jesus says He is the living water:
There cometh a woman of Samaria
(For His disciples were gone away unto the
city to buy meat.)
Then saith the woman of Samaria
unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a
woman of Samaria
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou
knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink;
thou wouldest have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living water.
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast
nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that
living water?
Art thou greater than our father Jacob,
which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his
cattle?
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever
drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I
shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be
in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this
water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
John
4:7-15
The woman that Jesus talked with
was an adulterous woman. She had had five husbands and was currently living
with a man who was not her husband (see John 4:17-18). She had a void in her
life that no man could fill – she had proven that by her multiple husbands. But
when she met Jesus, she realized that He could fill her void – He could quench
her thirst eternally.
John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.” Because of His great love for us, Jesus was willing to
come down and offer us much-needed, life-giving water. “He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not
is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only
begotten Son of God.” (John 3:18) This water is offered to every man,
woman, girl, and boy freely, but we must accept
the free water. We must accept Christ’s gift (Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.”).
If we do not accept God’s gift,
our tree (life) will soon lack what it needs to live life abundantly. But if we
allow God’s Water of Life to nourish our roots, coupled with the soil of His
Word, our life will grow, thrive, and ultimately, bear fruit for the kingdom of Christ
Have you accepted God’s gift? Are
you drinking from God’s Living Water?
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About Amanda:
Amanda is a
homeschool graduate living with her parents and eleven siblings in Louisiana
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