The Enjoining

 I was on a morning walk earlier and I came across this sign outside someone's house.  It read: "If God was here, will you help him?  Yes or no?  I immediately declared that God is here.  I wish they were present so I could tell them that God is here.  We serve a living God and the living God lives within us.  With every breath.  With every beat of the drum that is our heart.  I wanted to share these revelations with them.  So I share it with you.

 The Samaritan woman by the well had to go later in the heat of the day to gather water from the well of Jacob.  Jesus asked her for a drink of water and he gave the woman a drink of his water.  He shared the good news with her that is living water.  He told her that people would no longer worship on mountains or in Jerusalem but that they would soon worship the Father in Spirit and in truth.

 If God was here, would you help him?  We help him by sharing the good news with others.  A time is coming and indeed it is now here when peoples from all corners of the earth will draw water from Christ's well.  They will be reconciled to the Father and they will draw close to him while it is still cool in the day.  The old evidence of our fathers makes us thirst for more, leading us to the living waters of Jesus-the new evidence.

 The stories in the bible are not just things of the past.  The living word of God lives in our everyday lives.  God's word lays out his faithfulness through the stories, and promises and promises fulfilled.  They are stepping stones for many who do not yet know Jesus.  They are reminders for everyone through the revelation of Christ. 

 As we go to our secret place, where our treasures cannot be stolen and where his cistern does not fail us, we come back with a bubbling spring of water within us and overflows onto others.  The enjoining of His Spirit is near and not far, for He is a God that is near and not far.  God be with you.  I love you.  Shalom Shalom