Hebraic Musing – How important is Jesus’ “Living Water”?
To begin, let’s
recognize that Water is the Key to Life.
The one thing that is required in another planet’s environment according
to physicists and astro-biologists (those looking for traces of elements for
life on other worlds in the cosmos) is water. Got to have it! That’s true for all lifeforms that we have
here on Earth. H2O – a simple
combination of two elements that God has created provides the key to survival
of ALL lifeforms we know. No water,
no life, no survival, no future… Death… Extinction!
In the Middle
East, there are desalination plants to take sea water and remove the
salt to provide both drinking water for the people and irrigation water
for their farms and livestock. Without water,
the desert would reclaim the inhabited land and life would vanish. Israel is just such a place, but the desert
there has been transformed from sand and dust to lush plantations and beautiful
gardens. The water was there; it
just had to be sought.
Water was/is the common
factor! God uses water frequently
in his work with us.
- Jacob’s well, a hole dug in the dry dirt
revealed lifesaving water below the surface.
- Elijah was sent out into the desert
heat to sit by a lone brook and kept alive by water the ravens brought
him.
- Jesus told the Samaritan woman coming
to the well to get her daily need that He was the “Living Water”.
- Water is the key element
used for baptism.
-
Water was the demise of all people except Noah and his immediate
family.
- Jesus calmed the tempestuous water
when He walked on it, having authority over it.
- Paul fell victim to violent water
in a storm that sank his boat on the way to Rome, but no lives were lost.
- Jesus’ famous first miracle was
changing water into wine.
- Caesar washing his hands in water
was his indication of finality in a decision.
- Fetuses are developed in a sack of
mostly water in the mother.
Yes! Water is mentioned over 400 times in
the Bible! Water is important to
us and to God. In it resides the power
to give life and to maintain it. Water
is used to wash away unpleasant things. Water
and its importance appears everywhere in Scripture.
So, when Jesus
introduced the concept of Him being “Living Water” He was recognizing
the importance and reliance we have on Him.
Without water, there is no life. That’s an inarguable and incontestable fact.
We need water
to be taken into our bodies every day.
Not doing so results in dehydration and a myriad of other health
problems. Taking water isn’t an
option, it’s a requirement if we want to keep living and be fully
functional. When you go to a hospital,
the first thing they do is stick a tube in your arm connected to a saline
solution (water). Doctors know
that our bodies are comprised of 90% water, and its level must be
maintained or sickness happens. Today,
companies are getting rich selling “good” water packaged in plastic
bottles.
Jesus telling us
that He is “Living Water” is a statement to us that without Him, there
is no life. He reiterates this in His further statements
that He is The Way, The Truth, and The LIFE. Without spiritual water, there is no
survival in this world. No extension of
existence. He was telling us that water
is the key element to our survival and it is His “Living Water”
that feeds our Spirit, rejuvenates the Soul and brings clarity of discernment
and spiritual sight that gives us a future and hope.
KEY POINT – Jesus’
“Living Water” comes packaged in the Scriptures in our Bibles. It is purified. Drink it long and often for it is the one
thing that will sustain and refresh us and keep us in good spiritual health.
Points
to ponder
Does
the advice to “stay hydrated” mean even more now if we are drinking the Bible?
How
important is it to have Jesus’ “Living Water”? What happens if we don’t?
“Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said,
streams of living water will flow from within him.” Jn 7:38
Yosef a.k.a. Joe
Brusherd
September 1,
2026
Author: “Hebraic Insights – Messages exploring the Hebrew roots of our
faith”
“Biblical Marriage (by Yosef)” Weekly “Hebraic
Musings”
originally from Avoca Christian Church monthly newsletter.
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