Springs of Living Water 9/1-3

01-03 September 2016 - Springs of Living Water – Manna by Dorothy

Numbers 21:17, 18 NLT, “There the Israelites sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Yes, sing about it! Sing of this well, which the princes dug, which great leaders hollowed out with their scepters and staff.”

What’s the story about this well?  The people were traveling on the wilderness and they were thirsty.  They were hot. They need water to drink so the Lord led the people of Israelites to travel to Beer, which is the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Assemble the people, and I will give them water.

But when they arrived to the well, it was full of sand, rocks and sticks. They could have been discouraged because there was no water to start with.  But the Lord led them to sing to the well and as they continue to sing, at the same time digged out the sand, rocks and sticks. And finally the water came gushing out.  All the Israelites were able to drink the water. 

God had really blessed them because they acted out in faith believing God, “Get the people to come to the well and I will give them water.”  They trusted God to meet their thirst for water. So they took action to sing to the dry well by faith and the water came.

‘Dry well’ full of sand, rocks and sticks could represent problems, sicknesses, money difficultly, difficult relationship with others and many more.  Whatever we have, let us take action to sing to the ‘dry well’ by faith and let the water of the Holy Spirit ‘clean out’ the sand, rocks and sticks out of our lives.  Allow the Holy Spirit to overflow our lives with healing, love, and tenderness.  Let us sing . . .

Song: Springs of Living Water

                (John Willard Peterson, Sing His Praise)

How sweet the living water from the hills of God;

It makes me glad and happy all the way;

Now glory, grace, and blessing mark the path I’ve trod;

I’m shouting “Hallelujah” every day.

Chorus:

Drinking at the springs of living water,

Happy now am I,

My soul they satisfy;

Drinking at the springs of living water,

O wonderful and bountiful supply.

May the Lord bless you today as you receive to answer to your prayers!

Dorothy