Fountains of Blessings

The water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life —John 4:14

The picture our Lord described here is not that of a simple stream of water, but an overflowing fountain. Continue to “be filled” (Ephesians 5:18) and the sweetness of your vital relationship to Jesus will flow as generously out of you as it has been given to you. If you find that His life is not springing up as it should, you are to blame— something is obstructing the flow. Was Jesus saying to stay focused on the Source so that you may be blessed personally? No, you are to focus on the Source so that out of you “will flow rivers of living water”— irrepressible life (John 7:38).

We are to be fountains through which Jesus can flow as “rivers of living water” in blessing to everyone. Yet some of us are like the Dead Sea, always receiving but never giving, because our relationship is not right with the Lord Jesus. As surely as we receive blessings from Him, He will pour out blessings through us. But whenever the blessings are not being poured out in the same measure they are received, there is a defect in our relationship with Him. Is there anything between you and Jesus Christ? Is there anything hindering your faith in Him? If not, then Jesus says that out of you “will flow rivers of living water.” It is not a blessing that you pass on, or an experience that you share with others, but a river that continually flows through you. Stay at the Source, closely guarding your faith in Jesus Christ and your relationship to Him, and there will be a steady flow into the lives of others with no dryness or deadness whatsoever.

Is it excessive to say that rivers will flow out of one individual believer? Do you look at yourself and say, “But I don’t see the rivers”? Through the history of God’s work you will usually find that He has started with the obscure, the unknown, the ignored, but those who have been steadfastly true to Jesus Christ.

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福泉

我所賜的水，要在他裡頭成為泉源。 （約四14）

主所描寫的，不是一條河道，乃是一個活泉。 [要被充滿]，這樣，聖徒與主耶穌生命關係的甜美，就會豐富不絕地湧流，正如主傾倒給他的一樣。你若發現生命並不能如意地湧流，問題一定是在你身上；一定是有阻塞的障礙物。要保持與源頭接駁，這樣你就會大得福祉？不，你會有活水江流湧流，是無法歇止的生命。

我們要成為活水湧流的江河，讓主耶穌湧流而出，使每個人得福。有些人像死海，只接受而不付出，因為他們與主耶穌得關係並不和諧。我們接受他的生命，是肯定的；這樣，他透過我們湧流，也該是肯定的。主若沒有暢順的湧流，你與他的關係必然有了缺陷。你與他之間有何阻隔？什麼阻攔你對他的信念？若沒有，耶穌說：[你要湧流出活水江河。 ]不是福氣的傳遞，不是經驗的申述，乃是江河的湧流。要持定源頭，謹守對主的信心和與他的關係，這樣，你就有不住 的水供應別人，不枯乾，也不死涸。

個別信徒要湧流出江河，是否誇張之言？你會說：[我看不見江河。 ]記著不要從[我是什麼人？ ]的觀點來看自己。神工作的歷史，往往是從隱藏的、不為人知的、被人忽視的，但對主耶穌基督堅貞不移的人開始。

祈禱◆噢，主啊，讓我重拾那因你與我同在而有的獨特喜樂，使我在這個地方全屬於你。我似乎不適宜作任何事情，惟獨等候你。噢，主啊，給我顯示一個永久的標記。