The Living Water

[Thompson, Darryl]

The Living Water 

     And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that
spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 1 Cor.
10:4.  

     Christ combines the two types. He is the rock, He is the living
water.  

     The same beautiful and expressive figures are carried throughout
the Bible. Centuries before the advent of Christ, Moses pointed to Him
as the rock of Israel's salvation; the psalmist sung of Him as "my
redeemer," "the rock of my strength," "the rock that is higher than I,"
"a rock of habitation," "rock of my heart," "rock of my refuge." In
David's song His grace is pictured also as the cool, "still waters,"
amid green pastures, beside which the heavenly Shepherd leads His flock.
Again, "Thou shalt make them," he says, "drink of the river of thy
pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life." And the wise man
declares, "The wellspring of wisdom {is} as a flowing brook." To
Jeremiah, Christ is "the fountain of living waters"; to Zechariah, "a
fountain opened . . . for sin and for uncleanness." 

     Isaiah describes Him as the "rock of ages," and "the shadow of a
great rock in a weary land." And he records the precious promise,
bringing vividly to mind the living stream that flowed for Israel: "When
the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue
faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will
not forsake them." "I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and
floods upon the dry ground"; "in the wilderness shall waters break out,
and streams in the desert." The invitation is given, "Ho, every one that
thirsteth, come ye to the waters." And in the closing pages of the
sacred word this invitation is echoed. The river of the water of life,
"clear as crystal," proceeds from the throne of God and the Lamb; and
the gracious call is ringing down through the ages, "Whosoever will, let
him take the water of life freely."  

     References: Deut. 32:15; Ps. 19:14; 62:7; 61:2; 71:3 (margin);
73:26 (margin); 94:22; 23:2; 36:8, 9; Prov. 18:4; Jer. 2:13; Zech. 13:1;
Isa. 26:4 (margin); 32:2; 41:17; 44:3; 35:6; 55:1; Rev. 22:1, 17. 

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