Day 132 Bible Readings – John 7: 37-39 (ESV)

Judges 14, Judges 15, John 7:14-44, Psalm 78:17-31

John 7: 37-39 (ESV)

“On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.”

In verses 37 and 38 from John 7, Jesus makes an analogy to himself and water during the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles. The Feast of Tabernacles (booths or Sukkot) was celebrated among the people of Israel to remind everyone that God miraculously provided water and food when they made their exodus from Egypt. Jesus says if you are spiritually thirsty, you need to come to him and drink. Jesus says that if you believe in him, he will provide you with rivers of an eternal flow of “living water”. The “living water” is the Holy Spirit which will given to those who believe in him, although it will not be given until he is glorified.

I love these verses because Jesus reminds us that only he can offer us the “living water” or Holy Spirit which we hunger for when we are spiritual thirsty. I was one of those people who explored many different religious and spiritual practices because I had a deep spiritual thirst. Although I was raised as a Christian, I know I need to satisfy for myself if there was something else that was better than Jesus Christ. Other religious and spiritual practices satisfied my hunger for a while but it didn’t last, so I kept searching. After many years of searching, I now know that only the “living water” of Jesus Christ is truly an eternal river that can satisfy my spiritual thirst. But I didn’t come to this conclusion until I was “born again”, and began to truly understand the role of the Holy Spirit in my life. If Christianity is not satisfying your spiritual thirst, find a Christian church that emphasizes the Trinity and the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Without a deep understanding of the role of the Holy Spirit and the Trinity, you will always be “spiritually thirsty”.