She stood in the wilderness of her life; tired, broken, thirsty. She looked out over the vastness trying to find rest, restoration, refreshment. There was nothing. An empty landscape void of meaning and purpose, a place of forgottenness. A tear fell, followed by another and another. As each tear hit the dusty landscape, her heart began to cry out for help, for mercy, for grace, for forgiveness. When a final cry of “Please, save me!” erupted from her lips, a fountain of water burst forth from the ground where her tears had fallen just seconds before. The words to a song welled up in her memory, one sung in a broken-down church a long time ago.
There is a river, that flows from deep within
There is a fountain, that frees the soul from sin.
Come to the waters, there is a vast supply.
There is a river, that never shall run dry.
As she stepped into the water, she heard a voice in her spirit say, “The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come!’ Let anyone who hears say, ‘Come!’ And let anyone who is thirsty come - let anyone who wishes, take the water of life free of charge.” (Revelation 22:17) In that instant, her wilderness became a garden, she was revived and full of life, and all that had plagued her was no more because of the Shalom of Jesus, her Savior.
The book of Zechariah speaks of Jesus, our fountain in the future tense, at His second coming. In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and uncleanness. Zechariah 13:1 Jesus offered the people of His time when He walked the earth a drink of the living water. He offers it to us now, in our time, and will continue to offer it up until the very end. He bids all who are thirsty to come and drink.
The root of the word fountain in the Hebrew is qur or qarar and it means to dig, as for a well or water hole, to trench, but it also means to tear down, breaking down or to destroy. These are not words you would initially connect to when you imagine a fountain. However, it makes perfect sense when you look at it in the context of salvation. The walls separating us from God have to be torn down, broken and destroyed before we can drink of the living waters of Jesus. We have to cast our sins onto Him, which He then throws as far away as the east is from the west. It is then we can drink, and rivers of living water will pour from us, because when we drink of Him, we will never thirst again.
The girl at the beginning, she was me. The old me that knew God but had walked away. I knew the songs of praise and worship, I knew scriptures, and I knew that the only freedom out of that empty place was through Him. And now, because I cried out, because I came to the fountain, I walk and live with life and purpose in Him. I feel as I have never felt before, greater even than when I walked with Him in the past. He has given me a new life that words cannot describe, and what’s more, is that I want you to know this life as well. I want you to know, deep in your spirit, that There IS a fountain you can come to, that will never fail you, that will never leave you thirsty. There is Jesus, at the well, waiting just for you, waiting to give you a drink. Drink and be refreshed.
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