Ezekiel 47 & 48 -- Good News! There's Water Flowing Out The Front Door!

Normally, this wouldn’t be good news:  “I saw water coming out from under the doorway and flowing east.  The water flowed down from the south side wall…. One-third of a mile away, water came up to my ankles … One-third of a mile farther, it came up to my knees …”  But what Ezekiel saw in his vision from God was good.

“This water will flow … down into the Jordan Valley.  When it enters the Dead Sea, it will become fresh.  Everywhere the river goes, there will be many fish … All kinds of fruit trees will grow on both banks of the river and their leaves will not dry and die.  The trees will have fruit every month, because the water for them comes from the Temple.”

One day God will inhabit the land with His people.  The new name for the new Jerusalem will be Jehovah Shammah – The Lord who is there.  Where sin had brought death and separation from God, now He will dwell with His people, and the river  of life that flows out of the Temple will impart life even to the Dead Sea!

Of course, we can partake now of that river of life.  The Bible does not say that eternal life begins when we die.  It starts the moment that a person becomes a believer and asks Jesus Messiah into his heart.  That river of life will begin to flow out of his life, and God will use it to produce life in others as well.

Father, it’s awesome to think that someday the curse of sin will be removed from Your creation, and that we will see this earth as You intended it to be.  But even more amazing is the fact that right here and right now, You are busy changing the lives of sinners, calling them to become believers.  And whatever that river of life touches can’t help but be changed.  Help me to sink my roots deep into that soil, Father, and help me to produce fruit every month as well.  Draw nearer to me, Father, and keep me close to You.

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford