“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life” (Proverbs 4:23).
Jesus expanded our understanding of this “wellspring” in the heart. “Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him” (John 7:38). Consider John Calvin’s commentary on this passage:
There can be no doubt…that they who believe shall suffer no want of spiritual blessings. He calls it living water, the fountain of which never grows dry…. Still he does not say that, on the first day, believers are so fully satisfied with Christ, that ever afterwards they neither hunger nor thirst; but, on the contrary, the enjoyment of Christ kindles a new desire of him…. The Holy Spirit is like a living and continually flowing fountain in believers.
We have the boundless privilege of tapping into that fountain every time we pray.
Praise God for the flow of His Spirit in your life; repent of any pollution; ask for His Spirit to cleanse your heart; yield to Him by hungering and thirsting for more of His presence and power.
