One of my favourite springtime pastimes is to watch the runoff from snow melting. Actually, I think it is one of my most favourite of all things to do. When I was a kid, I remember ‘mucking’ in the yard, creating little rivers to drain the water away; sometimes I’d throw a leaf or a twig in the trickling streams and watch it flow downstream. Dad would get out the shovel and ‘ditch’ the water to revert it away from the driveway. Cold feet in rubber boots didn’t deter me from digging ditches. Those are great childhood memories.
Then on into my adulthood, as a school bus driver in the 1990s, I saw the time-lapse of snow banks melting each day; meandering and gathering momentum as it snaked throughout the terrain. Once again, this was a thrill to watch.
As my sweet peas have grown up, I’ve shared my love of watching water flow in the springtime with them. I look forward to when that happens again; as you are well aware, our last five or six springs have been so dry there has been little to no runoff.
There is something that intrigues me about moving water. Whether it is the trickle of our little fish pond or the roar of Niagara Falls, it moves me. The sound. The movement. All kinds of emotions can be tied to it; bringing beauty or destruction.
Healing is also linked to water. I’m reminded of the healing waters at the Temple Garden Mineral Spa or the Manitou Springs Resort and Spa where one can take their achy body to receive rejuvenation and restoration. We use water in our home for therapy as well. A good long shower does wonders when one is stressed or upset; as much as a relaxing bath relieves tension. Others appreciate a soak in the hot tub or swimming laps at the local aquatic centre. Water is calming, satisfying and therapeutic.
The Word of God is full of references to water: “To know you (God) is to experience a flowing fountain, drinking in your life, springing up to satisfy.” (Psalm 36:9a) “We’ve passed through fire and flood, yet in the end you always bring us out better than we were before, saturated with your goodness.” (Psalm 66:12) “The the angel showed me the river of the water of life, flowing with water clear as crystal, continuously pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb.” (Revelation 22:1) Water is incredibly significant as we read through His Word.
“There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God.” Psalm 46:4. There is a river... the river of God that flows out of heaven to earth “into His holy dwelling places”, which is you and me.
This river is bringing an unprecedented move of transformation to this region, province, nation and earth. Nothing can stop this river. No demon in hell. No government. No virus. NO THING can stop this river that is starting to flow. The river represents the life of God; His power, His anointing, His peace, and His presence. “Jesus answered, ‘If you drink from Jacob’s well you’ll be thirsty again and again, but if anyone drinks the living water I give them, they will never thirst again and will be forever satisfied! For when you drink the water I give you it becomes a gushing fountain of the Holy Spirit, springing up and flooding you with endless life!” Take a big gulp of the living water and thirst no more!
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