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I will be standing there in front of you on the rock in Horeb.
Strike the rock, and the water will flow from it
for the people to drink.
Paul explains that this presence with the people of Israel in the desert was Jesus himself.
For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ (see First Corinthians 10:3).
Jesus is the one who gives living water to those who thirst.
If you knew the gift of God
and who is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink, ‘
you would have asked him
and he would have given you living water.
We see that the source of this living water his death on a cross. It is then that the rock is struck and pours forth water for us to drink.
Instead, one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out (see John 19:34).
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 (see John 7:37-39)
The water for which the Samaritan woman thirsted, the water for which we all thirst, which can truly satisfy us is only given through the death and resurrection of Christ. Only the Holy Spirit within us becomes "a spring of water welling up to eternal life." This is how the Spirit can satisfy our hearts more than anything in this world. He is not simply a fleeting pleasure but rather an abiding guest. His fruit grows more within us the more time passes with him dwelling there. Chief among his fruits are love, joy, and peace. We can learn to rely on these fruits. They spring from his presence within us and satisfy our deepest thirst.
And hope does not disappoint,
because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts
through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
From the heart of Jesus on the cross love is poured out. By the Spirit we drink our fill of this living water.
If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
LORD, give us this water always!
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