A friend of ours camps regularly out in the woods. But to refill his water supply, he must daily make the trek to a nearby campground.

My question today is, do we?

In Bible times, it was part of a woman’s daily routine to go to the local well or water source, draw water, and carry water home to her family. It was a labor of love and necessity.

Jesus had some notable teachings about our need for living water and regular times of refreshing from Him.

• Jesus instructed the woman at the well, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:13-14). Jesus taught that believers should be an overflowing fountain with Jesus as our source.

• To the crowd in Jerusalem, Jesus said, “‘If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.’ By this he meant the Spirit” (John 7:37b-39a).

The river of the Spirit of God should continually flow from us to others. In order for this to happen, we must first be present with the Lord to receive daily renewal. Do we thirst for His word? Are we feeling dry or dehydrated? He is the fountain we need to “drink” from regularly.

However, if we only receive without overflowing to others, we become a lake or even like the Dead Sea. The blessings we receive from our Lord are to flow out and bless others. We are to be a fountain that Jesus flows through.

May we stay in the cycle of being filled and overflowing.