UV 196-10,000 Jeremiah 17 v 13

Uni-verse 196/10,000 For better through verse Jeremiah 17 v 13
Jer 17:13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.

This scripture calls the Lord the hope of Israel and the fountain of living waters. If we trust in Him and stick to Him like glue we will be blessed, our hopes will be fulfilled in Him, we will not have cause to be ashamed at the end. If we give up our hope in Him, If we move away from our faith, we will be forsaken, confused and ashamed. The Lord has moved in seen and unseen ways, known and unknown ways in the course of history to bless Israel but the Jewish people moved away from God and found themselves confused and ashamed time and again. Last year in a prophetic vision, the Lord asked believers to pray for Israel, that she returns to her early hope and discover the fountain of living waters or salvation in Jesus.

Living waters is a metaphor for blood, the blood of the sinless Lamb of God. Recently, the Holy Spirit said that we need to pray every day sanctifying ourselves with these living waters from head to toe. Jesus had seven wounds while hanging on the cross from which the blood gushed forth like a fountain leaving only water in His body that came forth when the soldier pierced his side. We will be greatly blessed when we sanctify ourselves with these living waters.

We must visualise the blood from the head of Jesus, the face of Jesus, the chest,the shoulders, the hands, the knees and the feet. We take care to cleanse our bodies with water every day but equally or more significantly, we need to daily sanctify ourselves with the living waters from the seven wounds of Christ. Our earthly cisterns and vessels will one day run dry but the fountain of living waters will never run dry. It will be a source of ceaseless purification, blessing, protection,strengthening and healing for our spirits, minds and bodies.

Prateep V Philip