References: Psalms 42:1-2; Ps 143:6
David expressed his heart’s great need. He said “My soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee in a dry and thirsty land” Ps 63:1. If we feel a deep longing and thirsting after God He will not fail us – He will prove to be to us the One who satisfies our heart’s deep longing. This water God wants to give to us quenches our thirst. We must daily prove these experiences for ourselves to feel God’s nearness all the time. When our soul is thirsting after God He will give us the upper springs – fellowhip and sweetness with God alone – and the lower springs is where we are refreshed and encouraged by one another.
John 4:6-15 That woman of Samaria at the well also asked this living water and she was given a well of living water within her heart. The rich man in eternity was very thirsty and asked that Lazarus should be sent to wet the tip of his tongue. We must make good use of the well of living water on this earth. In eternity there will be no water for thirst, for those without God. Water must have an inlet and outlet. The dead sea – there is an inlet but no outlet. It keeps all it receives and never gives. If we cannot speak we can have an outlet in correspondence. The springs of Jesus feed us and we should have an outlet of love and joy and peace.
“Fresh springs that never cease, but still increase” (See hymn 296)
(Fonteine in die hoogte – gemeenskap met God)
Fountains in the heights – fellowship with God
(Fonteine in die laagte – gemeenskap met mekaar.)
Fountains in the valley – fellowship with each other
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