BENEFITS OF DIVINE INTIMACY (7)

“If anyone thirsts, let him COME to ME and DRINK” – John 7:37

Believers in Christ enjoy unimpeded Flow and Fulfilment of God’s Spirit as BENEFITS of DIVINE INTIMACY: “On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him COME to ME and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water” (John 7: 37-38). The Flow of Living Water and Streams of Divine Satisfaction answer to Intimacy with God! None ever comes to Jesus in vain. None heeds the call to come and remain unchanged or in chains!

The Lord Jesus called to the thirsty, on the last day of the feast. Ironically, His call came after extravagant and abundant eating and drinking. Being physically filled and full, their body systems craved cleansing; but Jesus offered them something more; something spiritual and eternal. Feasting or an abundance of anything in this world, will always bring us back to the place where we sense and know that there is still something more. We desire something unattainable from any physical delight or pleasure; we long for a reset!

This story of Jesus offering rivers of living water to the thirsty ones willing to come to Him, reminds of a woman He encountered by the well: "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water" (Jh.4:10). She visited the well to quench her physical thirst, but on this occasion, Jesus the Fountain of Living Water came to offer her something more, something spiritual and eternal. The Lord knew the dissatisfaction this woman experienced in her life from the promises of men. Her pursuit of physical satisfaction only left her longing for more. Everything about her story shouts of her desperate desire and search for more. Jesus used her repetitive need for a physical drink to contrast His offer of living water that would be her endless satisfaction.

The Lord assured the woman: But 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" (Jh. 4:14). Intimacy with the Lord makes the difference between insatiable physical needs and satisfactions with streams of life and eternal pleasures: “You will show me the path of life; in Your Presence is fullness of Joy; at Your right hand are PLEASURES FOREVERMORE” (Psa.16:11). The Gift of the Holy Spirit is the endless satisfaction of the living water Jesus offers to thirsty souls who come to Him: They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of your house, and You give them drink from the river of your pleasures. For with You is the fountain of life; In your light we see” (Psa.36:8-9). Jesus calls to us, “Come”!