A Well-watered Garden

In John 7.38, Jesus was speaking and He says Whoever believes in me, rivers of living water will flow from within him The Bible says that he was speaking about the Spirit when he said this So you see the Holy Spirit is not meant to just be in us without flowing from us It is erroneous to believe or to even teach that the Holy Spirit is in us purely for us The purpose of the Spirit being in us is that rivers can be created So that out of us, like the garden of Eden, there will be a flow The Bible speaks of the garden of Eden That the river flowed out of Eden, watering the garden first And then from there, it produced four rivers And the Bible says that the husband man is the first partaker I know that we love the outflow But we don't understand the in-watering You should never be dry, never be dry in service Never be dry because you are dispensing You should never be empty It is in the in-watering that the ground of your heart is made soft That the seed of the word of God may find its place and then produce fruit Because you see friend, he satisfies your thirst first And he also cleanses you from your dirt The garden of your soul, your mind, your will, your emotions That water washes away your lust It has an effect on your ambition, your pride, your thoughts, your temper And I know that you want to make an impact in the world But you have to allow the Holy Spirit first to fill you, to water you And make you a well-watered garden I know that you want to take territories for Jesus But have you fully been taken by Jesus? No aspect of a river is dry and empty So no area of your life should be a patched ground In John chapter 4, the Bible tells us about this woman at the well The Samaritan woman And Jesus satisfied the thirst of the woman at the well And then she went into an overflow And she called the people of the city Friends, don't go out trying to give of what you have not had enough of The flow of a river is what guarantees the cleanliness of that river If all that God is doing in you is not flowing from you Through you, to other people, to other places Then that is a waste of eternal and divine resources It is the inflow that makes us a well-watered garden And then it flows out of us to touch the world around us The Holy Spirit is in you, not just for you But first for you and then for others Have a blessed day, friends!