Knowing God - John 7:38

(from Pastor)

Let the one who believes in me drink.

As the scripture has said, "Out of the believer's heart

shall flow rivers of living water.' "

John 7:38

"Which came first the chicken or the egg?"

That question comes to mind because of the two principles in this verse: 1) "Believers drink living water." 2)"Believers overflow with living water."

The question is: Which comes first?

If we want rivers, waters, fruit, and faithfulness to flow from us, first we need to drink, abide, worship, and know the living God. Indeed, the inward act of drinking in God's presence preceeds the overflow of love, joy, and peace.

In Christ's Love,

a guy who wants to be sailor

(surrounded by so much living water

he can't see any land)

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I believe the chicken came first ... God created the animals and birds of the air.  


In order to overflow with something, you have to be filled with it.  So - we need to be filled with God's love, joy and peace before we can have it overflowing out of us to others.  How we do that is hard to answer right now for me.