On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, 

"If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.

The one who believes in me, 

as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him."

He said this about the Spirit.

Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit...

John 7:37-39 CSB

The wall between people and God will come down, 

the law will be fulfilled,

sin will be eliminated,

the Messiah is here, 

and there's more, 

God's Spirit will be in you.

Like a spring.

Blue Spring near Putaruru, or Pupu Springs near Takaka are places where pure water pours up out of the ground. 

That's the picture here of God's Spirit pouring through us to bring life to the world...

(Some days for me it seems like barely a trickle, but I wonder how much that's me restricting the flow?)

Jesus is claiming here that everything revolves around him. 

He's at the centre.

So often I want to put me at the centre, or wait until I've fixed everything about me.

And he says come as you are.

Thirsty.

Come and drink.

Come as you are.

Life is here.

#gospelofjohn

#jesusatthecentre

#livingwater

#comeasyouare