Rivers of Living Water

I've been meditating on the concept of "Rivers of Living Water." During my revelation of Christ back in 2002, the Lord said:

"I can make the rivers flow."

For years, I had no idea what this seemingly simple sentence meant. I knew it was powerful. It became a part of the chorus of the song "I Am Love" - the incredible song the Lord gave me during my revelation that appeared on Sweetbird's first record "Free Spirit Reflection." Every time Sweetbird performed "I Am Love," I would marvel at that particular line. For years I have prayed for the Lord to give me the light to understand what it meant.

Recently, after years of praying, the Lord answered my prayer. I learned the meaning of "I can make the rivers flow." The rivers refer to the Holy Spirit. He is the source of the Spirit. He makes the Spirit flow. He makes the rivers flow. How beautiful and powerful!

This topic is discussed at length in a wonderful book by T. Austin-Sparks titled, "Rivers of Living Water." As I was reading this morning, I came across this passage, which I found illuminating. In his book, TAS says:

"Our flesh wants to get. I suppose the deepest-rooted thing in human nature, the very thing that brought about the Fall and all its lamentable consequences, is acquisitiveness or possessiveness. It does not matter who the person is: whether on the positive side--the aggressive, determined type; or on the negative side-- the very, very meek nobody, with the 'inferiority complex,' as it is called, which is only another way of looking at this possessiveness. Oh, the self-pity which is born of this wanting to have! Self-pity is a reaction; it is only, after all, another way of trying to draw to ourselves.Yes, possessiveness is there; it is universal--it is in us all. It is the deepest thing in our being.

But God, who has all, is just the opposite; His whole disposition is to give, to let go. We want to have the Lord, to have His blessing, to have the Holy Spirit, to have power--to have Divine things. What for? We might repudiate the suggestions that we wanted them for ourselves: but who knows the human heart? only God. And that is why so often, in giving us what He wants to give us, He first of all takes us through an awful time before He does give. He deals with that personal possessiveness until we come to the pace where we say, 'Lord, if you do not want me to have it, I don't want it." That is a good place to be! It is not that we become sulky or recalcitrant; far from it. It is simply this: 'Lord--only if You want it, only if You want it. Not for me--for You.' And then the Lord responds. "To this person will I look, even to those that are poor and of a contrite spirit." The Holy Spirit gives all that He has come to give by way of the Cross."

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The message here is clear: We get all that we need through the Spirit by way of the Cross. The Cross is central to our love walk. It is the place where all we desire to possess - all those things we think we need and want for ourselves, is crucified - it is destroyed. We let go of all things and let God.

Let go and Let God. That is The Way!

We let go, having great faith and trust that whatever the Lord gives us today, tomorrow, and at all points in the future, is what He wants us to have. All we should desire is more of Him and less of us. More of Christ through the Cross. This is the path to Love, Light and Life.

May the Lord empty us fully through the Cross and fill our hearts with His never-failing love and Spiritual fruit.

Agape,
Steve