What if you knew you could find a refreshing that surpassed any experience you had previously? What if you knew righteousness in a given experience? Have you thought about carrying with you a comforting spirit all the days that you live? Has it ever entered your mind that you could enjoy a companionship, though unseen, yet powerfully present?

 

Do you realize that there is a constant source of living water that you can enjoy flowing from the depths of your very inner most being? If you do not know about such tranquility and refreshing, please carefully read the following explanation.

 

A Living Fountain

 

Jesus said to the Samaritan woman that if she knew the gift of God and who He was, she could ask and receive living water. This gift, He said, would be in here "a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life" (John 4:14).

Later Jesus extended the promise to those who would believe in Him, stating that anyone can experience in his heart rivers of living water (John 7:38). This gift of everlasting life is identified as the Holy Spirit (Acts 7:39). In other words, when a person receives the Holy Spirit, he then possesses the living water. Before His ascension, Jesus told His disciples to go to Jerusalem and wait for the promise of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:4-8). this they did. For several days, they met in prayer and praise. Then it happened.

 

A Sound From Heaven

 

About 120 of His disciples had met early on the Day of Pentecost to wait and worship when a sound of rushing wind from heaven filled the house, and divided tongues, as of fire, came upon each one of them. "And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance" (Acts 2:4). these disciples were so overwhelmed that in spiritual ecstasy they spoke of the wonderful works of God in languages they did not know but that others could understand. Soon thousands of people were attracted to them by the noise, the wonder of speaking with tongues, and the strange actions of these disciples. "What could this mean?" was the question in the minds of these spectators. The Apostle Peter answered their question: God was pouring out His Spirit (Acts 2:17). He told them to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and they also would receive the gift of the Holy Spirit: "For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call" (Acts 2:38-39). On that day, about three thousand people believed on Jesus Christ, were baptized into Him, and received the living water from Him.

 

From Jerusalem To Everywhere

 

But the story does not end in Jerusalem or on the Day of Pentecost. Soon those in Samaria received the Holy Spirit; and later the Gentiles in Caesarea were filled with the Spirit. The Apostle Paul found the living water in Damascus and the Holy Spirit came upon a group of men in Ephesus when Paul prayed for them. Wherever Jesus Christ was preached, people believed and were filled with the Spirit. What happened in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost set the pattern for the entire world throughout the church age.

 

What About Today?

 

Today millions of people from many nations in our world have received the gift of the Holy Spirit with the same sign of speaking with tongues. They now possess living water that will spring up into everlasting life - the guarantee of their inheritance (Ephesians 1:14). the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives in them; and He will also raise their mortal bodies from the dead, and they will live eternally with Jesus Christ (Romans 8:11).

 

What About You?

 

Have you received the living water into your life? If not, you can by repenting of past sins, being baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, and asking God for His Spirit. He does not discriminate against anyone as He has given to others He will give to you.