God source of life

On the last and great day of the feast, Jesus stood up and raised his voice, saying: If anyone is thirsty, come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture says, will flow from his interior rivers of living water. This said of the Spirit that those who believed in him were to receive; for the Holy Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been glorified, "John 7: 37-39

Natural water quenches thirst for a moment, but the water that the Lord offers produces eternal life. "On the last day of the feast," he refers to the Feast of Tabernacles, it was harvest time, and they remembered his wandering through the desert, where God gave them water from the rock. The water that Jesus offers is the water of eternal life, which satisfies the need in the human being.
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The priests in the time of Jesus used to carry water from the fountain of Siloe in a golden jug to pour it on the altar in the temple, after having entered through the water gate, but the last day of the festival this was omitted , everyone knew, and it is at this moment when Jesus makes the invitation, capturing the attention of all

The Bible in Revelation teaches us of the River in the sky: A clean river of living water, resplendent as crystal, that came from the throne of God and the Lamb, is a river of healing, multiplication, abundant life, the trees on its banks are of abundant fruit

REFLECTION:

Brother I invite you not to stay away from your source of life that is Christ, many times the cares of life make us move away from him and that is why we live tired, burdened, and we feel that we are about to fail. This day
decide to stand next to that stream of water that GOD gives you and never move again, because there you will be more full of life than ever.
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