Living Water

John continues to write about the experience of knowing Jesus. It is a life giving experience that spills out of a person's soul and touches others around them. He says, "I am the living water. Whoever believes in me, streams of living water will flow from within him."

I suspect that we don't really get this imagery the way Jesus followers did. I suspect that we have never really thirsted the way that they had. I suspect we haven't been in a place so dry. I suspect that if we had to draw water out of a well and then never be sure whether it would kill us, we might be able to hear Jesus' words differently. I suspect that living water was the basic need that a person spent much of their time trying to get. Hey, maybe today in America Jesus would have said, "Whoever believes in me, streams of Starbucks Cinnamon Dulce Latte will stream from them." Na!

If you want, use www.biblemap.org and look at a satellite image of the Holy Land to get a picture of the arid land that Jesus is preaching in.