March 26, 2014 Psalm 81
Wednesday Jeremiah 2:4-13
John 7:14-31, 37-39
On
the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus was standing in the
temple courtyard. He said loudly, “Whoever is thirsty must come to me to drink.
As Scripture says, ‘Streams of living water will flow from
deep within the person who believes in me.’” Jesus said this
about the Spirit, whom his believers would receive. The Spirit was not yet
evident, as it would be after Jesus had been glorified.
Can
you imagine what it must have been like back then? A man named Jesus standing in the temple
courtyard and yelling “Whoever is thirsty must come to me to drink!” What?
Would you think, “This person must be crazy!”?
Back
then, it was all still unfolding. Nobody
knew who Jesus was. Christ hadn’t died
on the cross yet. He hadn’t sent the
Holy Spirit to us (John 14:16).
Scriptures hadn’t been written.
Nobody knew what was about to happen.
As
believers, let us go back to that time and think about what it was like then
and where we are today, thanks be to God.
Christ died for us on the cross, the curtain in the temple was torn in
two and we got total access to God that day.
Let’s be thankful for the great mystery of “God in us,” the Holy Spirit
working in us, and flowing out of us like streams of water into others and our
community. We have so much to be
thankful for in Christ.
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