"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High."
Knowing that sooner or later the Assyrian army would beseige Jerusalem, Hexekiah had taken wise and practical steps to ensure that Jerusalem had an unfailing water supply, no matter how long the seige. Hezekiah diverted the spring of Gihon through a conduit, 1777 feet long and hewn out of a completely solid rock, into a reservior inside the city's walls. (history taken from "Exploring the Psalms" by John Phillips)
The enemy had intentions of starving them into surrender or certain death. However the enemy didn't realize that THERE IS A RIVER! Satan and this world try to get at us. Try to dry up our spirit; to get us to come out and surrender. Dear Christian, remember, we have something that this world knows not of: There is a river. We have an ever-flowing fountain inside of us. Draw from it. Let it be your life. Let Jesus and His Word flow freely through you. It is a fountain that no enemy can take away from you for it flows through a Solid Rock, Jesus Christ.
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Amen! I guess we just read it...
Psa. 114:7,8:
"Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters."
Wahoo! :D
"In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness." -Zec. 13:1
"And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely." -Rev. 21:6
"And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." -Rev. 22:17
Hehe, don't tell John MacArthur!
"Let Jesus and His Word flow freely through you. It is a fountain that no enemy can take away from you for it flows through a Solid Rock, Jesus Christ."
Woo, amen. :) That's wonderful.
Hi, just the other week I read this psalm for the entire week and was so encouraged. That phrase 'there is a river' I repeated over and over in my mind trying to find some reality. I wish I could say that I found it to be real in my life but sadly I didnt find that river, yet never the less it is a great promise, so if there is a key that unlocks this verse I would love to know it.
william
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