4月23日

標　　題： 活 水

經　　節： 因為我的百姓做了兩件惡事，就是離棄我這活水的泉源，為自己鑿出池子，是破裂不能存水的池子。（耶利米書二章13節）

基督徒的生活應該沒有「靈性枯竭」的時刻。神說祂在信徒的生命中，像一口自流源泉。自流源泉是由地底深處湧出的水泉，是清涼、解渴、新鮮、永不停止、永不再渴。這是一個擁有聖靈內住、靈性更新者的寫照。

你是否曾聽過有人說自己正面臨靈性枯竭的基督徒生命？他們是怎麼說的？他們是否說，神缺水不能解決他們的靈性問題？你不應有這種念頭，就算你心中的活水泉源變成了涓涓細流，也不需找遍全國，企求靈性更新的泉源。研討會、退修會和書籍，的確可以激勵人，但你若是一個基督徒，活水泉源就在你的心裡。

你是否把活水泉源換成破裂、不能儲水的人工池子？你為甚麼把自流源泉換成貯水池呢？自流源泉永遠不會枯竭，破裂的池子會枯竭。如果你現在正面對靈性枯竭，是否因為你正試著在人工池子中，找尋屬靈精力的泉源？每回這個人工池子都叫你失望。耶穌邀請你：「人若渴了，可以到我這裡來喝。」（約翰福音七：37）你是否被活水更新？這活水只有耶穌能夠給你。

Living Water

For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns--broken cisterns that can hold no water. (Jeremiah 2:13)

There should never be “dry spells” in the Christian life. God said that He would be like an artesian well in the life of a believer. Artesian wells bubbled forth with a cold, fresh, never-ending supply of water from the depths of the earth, quenching any thirst and always satisfying. This is the picture of the spiritual refreshment that belongs to the person in whom the Holy Spirit resides.

Have you ever heard people say they are experiencing a dry spell in their Christian life? What are they saying? Are they saying that the Lord ran out of water? It should never cross your mind that the fountain of living waters residing within you should ever be reduced to a trickle. You don’t need to run all over the country trying to find sources of spiritual refreshment. Conferences, retreats, and books can all bring encouragement, but if you are a Christian, the source of living water already resides within you.

Have you exchanged the living fountain for man-made cisterns that cannot hold water? Why would you exchange an artesian well for a broken water tank? Artesian wells do not dry up. Broken cisterns do. If you are experiencing spiritual dryness right now, is it because you have been attempting to find your source of spiritual refreshment from man-made sources, which will fail you every time? Jesus extended an invitation to you when He said: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink” (John 7:37). Have you been refreshed by the living water only Jesus can provide?