The Living Water

MMM.. Living Water

Alot of people don't like the taste of water. Which is kinda funny to me, since pure water has no taste. It's cool, refreshing, and yet without any taste to it they won't drink it. They will take the water and make cool-aid with it, or iced tea. They will mix a little water in the concentrated orange juice, or they will forget the water entirely and get a 2 litre Dr.Pepper or Coke at the store. Funny thing is, if those same people were stranded in the desert fighting for their lives, trapped in a place where water was not in abundance - then that dull plain water would taste sooo good to us. Jesus is like that. He said that we as believers would receive 'living water' to drink, and never thirst again. But we tend to color the water to suit us, stir in enough sugar to make it taste so much better, and easier to swallow. But if we were in a position where we had nothing but the living water to rely on, not only would we crave it, but it would taste good just the way it is. Something to consider.

Chris Crane

I'M SAVED!! hmm.

I still have people ask me if 'I'm Saved'. Or you're hear the christian catch-phrase 'I got saved'. But when I'm asked I have to refrain from answering in the way I might have when I was a zealous new believer in Jesus Christ. 'I'm Saved!'. It seems that our ego is in play, even with our salvation, that we've come to a point of taking the true focus off of the act of salvation and put it on ourselves. Afterall, what is being saved? It's a change of mind, to accept the redeeming action of our God, His sacrifice on the cross, and the attoning blood that covers our sins... sins lest we forget that would have kept us from the prize of eternal life with God in the first place, had He not loved us enough to establish the plan of salvation from the beginning.. and our sins, that He took upon Himself that we would not pay the ultimate price for them because He loves us. We did nothing of ourselves to boast in such a manner as saying 'I GOT SAVED!'... you didn't do it, God did. And the problem comes into play, when Ego turns to pride, then pride turns to arrogance and we lose sight of our humble position we're actually in.
By grace are you saved, through faith, and not by works lest any man should boast. I would think it better to answer the question of 'are you saved?' with, 'I am a believer in Jesus Christ'. Anything else is a useless answer.

Peace,
Chris