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Jesus next proceeded to tell of the result of coming to him. “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” Believing is coming to Christ. To come is to believe, and then to trust oneself to Him. Believing is putting oneself into such personal relations with Christ that His life becomes ours. Every thirsty one who drinks of Christ has thenceforward in himself a fountain of life, a well of water, at which other thirsty ones may drink. This is a beautiful picture of a Christian life. We in turn become little wells of the water of life, filled by Christ Himself, from which the water flows that others may drink. Christ wants every one of us to repeat in our own little measure His great life of love. A spring of water, especially in a hot, oriental country, is invaluable. It is a center of great blessing. Weary ones come to it, and go on their way refreshed.
Someone describes an old homestead, deserted now, with its empty dwelling and unused porches and grass-grown walks. But there is one path on which no grass grows, which is trodden daily by many feet. It is the path to the spring. Nearly every passer-by turns aside to drink of the clear, sweet water of the spring. If we can be like such a spring of water by life’s wayside, we shall be an untold blessing in the world. People who are weary, those who have troubled hearts, and those who are in sorrow, those who are weak and faint in their journey — all may come and drink of the water of life in us and go on their way stronger and happier. It is a great thing to be a well of water by the wayside, but if we cannot be a well, we can at least be a little spring, giving out its little stream to quench the thirst of some who are weary.
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