A Lightbulb Moment

I had one last night in conversation with a friend (wink: you know who you are!). We were talking about life and how important it is to keep God first and seek Him and how easily bitterness can creep up in our hearts when we're distant from Him. And that's when it happened...the lightbulb went on in my head. This.......

Jesus is the Living Water. Bitterness grows in a stagnant pool. To keep from becoming bitter (or resentful, etc) we must have the constant flow of His living water flowing within us. I was reminded of the Israelites and their exodus from Egypt. After traveling 3 days without water, they came upon a pool of water, only to find that the water was bitter. The Lord instructed Moses to throw in a particular piece of wood and the water turned sweet. (see Exodus 15 for the complete story.) Isaiah 12:3 says "With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation." Jesus can take those bitter waters and make them sweet. He can take the water that has grown stagnant within us, that's not fit to drink, that would harm us, and make it sweet and life-giving.