"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, for the Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

John 7:38-39 CSB

Something was still to happen on Jesus journey, but here the promise is for those who believe that the Spirit will dwell in us.

Deep within.

I tend to forget this. 

I keep looking for God to be at work "out there" in my circumstances, or in others circumstances. 

Fix that. Please.

But the Spirit is like living water flowing from within.

I learned about this concept last week: ecotones. 

Where two different systems meet is where life happens.

Where water meets the desert for example.

It's the same where people meet, communities meet, where cultures meet, and where the Spirit meets us. 

Within.

Life happens.

Hope springs up.

And life flows out of us into the lives of others, into the world.

From deep within.

May this week, you and I be an ecotone for the Spirit to meet with us, right where we are, just as we are, and the things of the Spirit can flourish in us and out into the world.

Life.

Hope.

Love.

#gospelofjohn

#ecotones