“Your joy will be like a River overflowing its banks!” John 16:24
The Message
Lowering myself slowly into the cold turbulent water just below the dam I felt the Lord speak to me again about His nature and His plan for my life.
The River is the Word and it feeds me.
Spending time in the river has become obsession for me. It feeds me with truth and allows me to be free in it’s joy. Looking up into this waterfall as it spills into the rocks below me and begins the cycle of a new river I become enamored with what He is speaking to me.
This source of power is ever changing. I notice that. If one looks closely you can detect that these water molecules take different forms as they become one even flow. From the heavy mist to the largest water droplets. With careful examination it has become the Word speaking differently yet consistent in it’s message. There are certain variables that are within the river which don’t change. Powerful, present, wet, moving, consistent, and untamed. I like to think of these constants as Truth, Strength and Grace. Unless I’m in the river and the river is in me I tend to live subjectively and fail to recognize why I exist. I exist to magnify the river, not the other way around.
This wetness has fruit if I sit still in it’s presence and allow it to fill me. I long for this fruit because I know that it is what keeps me coming back to the river. Unlike a long drink of water that satisfies your thirst, the more I drink of the river the thirstier I become.
I have an insatiable appetite for this River, this Word. It comes from Him, the source of the River. He pulls me there and causes me to admire Him. And if I sit still in His presence His joy consumes me.. Today I remain in His presence.. and my hope is for all to see this joy inside me! for it is overflowing it’s banks. I cannot contain the river inside me…
PM
