Getting into the flow.
This weekend we had a meeting and the word that came forth was “Get into the flow.”
When you look at the story in John chapter five we see Jesus at the pool of Bethesda. An angel would come and stir the water and then who ever gets in first would be healed of whatever disease they had. The problem with a pool is that is gets stagnant when you stop stirring. There is no flow and no movement. I wonder how many times we have settled at the pool instead of the river. Jesus said that He would send the Holy Spirit and that we will have a river inside of us.
John 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Can you see what I see? We are not called to be a pool but a river. Why do I like rivers? Pools have no life in them. You can create a pond but rivers create themselves. You can determine where a pool can be but a river flows where there is the least resistance. I wonder why we have not seen the river of God in our lives? A pool restrains the water. A river releases the water to flow. Have we restrained Him and ended up like a pool?
I see in the story of Joshua just before they cross the Jordan to inherit the promise land a kingdom principle. Look at it with me. They are about to inherit the promise of God after walking in the desert for forty years. The nation is about to have the reality of what their fathers believed for. What are you believing for and have not seen realized in your life. There is something that brings you into the promise land.
Joshua 3:12-17 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap. And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
The river was overflowing its banks. It was the time of harvest. What it tells me is that there is an abundance of water available and it is time to harvest something. They are about to harvest their inheritance. What must happen first is that the priest must take up the Ark of the Covenant and put their feet in the water. Someone has to carry the presence of God and get into the river. As soon as the priest feet touched the thing that separated them from inheriting, God made a way for them. The priest touched the river but all Israel inherited their promise.
What happens when we get into the river? We cause our children to inherit their promises. Why do we want a pool if we can have a river? The river looked like the impossible thing to do. The river became the key to their inheritance. Does something look like an impossibility today? It might be the very thing that makes you step into your inheritance.
Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Rev 22:1-2 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was therethe tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
The righteous is like a tree planted by a river. There is a river flowing from the throne of God. We are the planting of the Lord. We live in the river of God. If you are dry and thirsty you stepped away from what you were called to be.
Isaiah 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
God said that HE would pour out His Spirit in the last days. We are waiting for an outpouring when he wants to pour us out and pour out of us. If you have His river flowing in you, He wants to pour you out. Look at this scripture:
Malachi 3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, andpour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
It is better to give than to receive. We have looked at this scripture only with receiving in mind. Allow Him to pour you out today and become a blessing!
