Today's Daily Bread
Place Of Water
East Africa is one of the driest places on earth, which is what
makes “Nairobi” such a significant name for a city in that region. The
name comes from a Masai phrase meaning “cold water,” and it literally
means “the place of water.”
Throughout history, the presence of water has been both life-giving
and strategic. Whether a person lives in a dry climate or a rainforest,
water is a nonnegotiable necessity. In a dry and barren climate, knowing
where to find the place of water can mean the difference between life
and death.
Our spiritual life also has certain nonnegotiable elements. That is
why Jesus, upon encountering a spiritually thirsty woman at a well,
declared to her that He alone could provide living water. He told her,
“Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst.
But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of
water springing up into everlasting life” (John 4:14).
Like the deer mentioned in Psalm 42:1-2 who pants for water, our
souls thirst for God and long for Him (63:1). We desperately need the
sustenance that comes only from Jesus Christ. He is the source of living
water that refreshes our hearts.
Rivers of living water,
Rivers of life so free,
Flowing from Thee, my Savior,
Send now the rivers through me. —Wood
Rivers of life so free,
Flowing from Thee, my Savior,
Send now the rivers through me. —Wood
Jesus is the fountain of living water.
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