My readings this morning included Psalm 16 and Psalm 46.
"You will make known to me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; in Your right hand are pleasures forever." Psalm 16:11.
Is not Jesus the Path of Life? Do we not find fullness of joy in Jesus? Is not Jesus at the right hand of the Father, and in Christ do we not find overwhelming pleasures?
"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, thought the earth should change..." Psalm 46:1 - 2a.
The children of God need not fear in the present distress; no matter how much change is happening around us.
"There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy dwelling places of the Most High. God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved." Psalm 46:4 - 5a.
Surely God's Temple, His People, are the dwelling places of God (Ephesians 2:19 - 22).
Yes, there is a river, a deep and abiding River (John 7:37 - 39; Revelation 22:1 - 5). We dwell in God in Christ and God dwells in us in Christ. Is this River flowing out from us to the nations? Or are the fountains of the Holy Spirit stopped up within by disobedience, the cares of this world, selfishness, and sin?
John 4:13 - 14. Aren't we tired of constantly going to the well of self, to the well of this world, to the well of self-righteousness, to the well of good works to find satisfaction? Isn't it time that we drank from the Well, the Fountain of Life - a Source from which, as we drink, we will never thirst again? When we drink from our Lord Jesus we are supremely satisfied and our source of life changes - from this world and self to Christ and Christ alone.
What a shame that there are those who try to make us feel guilty if we are not thirsty, if we are not down on ourselves, if we are not preaching condemnation - when Christ calls us to find contentment and satisfaction and peace and rest in Him. Christ is our Sabbath, our Fullness, our Fountain.
Let the River of Life flow from us, the Temple of the Living God, to the nations, to our communities, to our families - into a world engulfed in fear and uncertainty.
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