Fountain of Living Water

The following are excerpts from Day 23 of The Lord's Table. (This is a great Bible Study to do if you are overcoming food addiction.)

Let’s begin with the first question: "What does it mean to drink the Living Water? At the risk of sounding simplistic, it is as basic as reading and applying the Bible. It is possible to read the Bible and not drink of the Living Water, so what is the difference?

Drinking involves taking something into your system and receiving nourishment and sustenance from it. I may read that Jesus is the Bread of Life, yet not feed on Him, or that He is Living Water, but not drink of Him. Feeding and drinking are directly related to the application of Scripture in my life. Merely reading Scripture would be similar to reading the nutritional contents of a package of food; the body is not nourished until the food is eaten and digested. When you read the Scriptures, ask God to apply it to your heart and to change your life. This is what it means to drink the Living Water.

The next question is, "What does it look like in daily living to be satisfied in Christ?" It means rejoicing in the love, forgiveness and grace of God on a daily basis. It is discovering Christ afresh and being irresistibly drawn to Him by what we discover. When we become happy in Him, we need not look for happiness in overeating food, or any other sin. So then, as George Mueller said, ". . .the first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day was, to have my soul happy in the Lord." This is the only sure means of avoiding eating problems. This is what Jesus taught the Samaritan woman in John Chapter 4, as we studied in an earlier lesson.
And how does this drinking actually enable us to leave sinful eating habits behind? Simply put, if we are full and satisfied in Jesus Christ, we don't need anything else. Our hearts have found their rejoicing place and need no other.

"All my fountains are in you." Psalm 87:7 This is an affirmation of the truth that we have been studying from the beginning of the course; Jesus alone can satisfy. And this statement is a commitment to have no other source of life, refreshment or satisfaction than may be found in Jesus. It is a statement of fact, that they would be "exclusive drinkers."

I really enjoyed this study. The words are so true about myself. Many times I drink from other fountains: overeating, televsion, gossip, too much computer time, etc. The only fountain that brings true satisfaction is the fountain of Living Water-Jesus Christ.

Psalm 63: 1 O God, You are my God, earnestly I seek You, my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

No one but Jesus can satisfy. All other loves pale in comparision to the lover of my soul!!!