Thought for Today: “Let the Holy Spirit Flow”

In Revelation chapter 22, something expanded my understanding of the Holy Spirit and the power to live this life for Jesus, to be His disciples.

“And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.” (Revelation 22:1)

This is a picture of the heavenly Jerusalem, and we see God’s throne with the Father and the Son, who is the Lamb, or Jesus Christ, seated upon it. But where’s the Holy Spirit?

The Holy Spirit is none other than that pure river of the water of life flowing out from the throne. How can I be sure? Because the same word structure used here to describe the river is the same word structure Jesus uses to describe the work of the Holy Spirit (John 7:37-39a).

And so, the Holy Spirit is that pure river of the water of life flowing from beneath the Heavenly throne, and it’s the same river of living water flowing from every believer in Jesus Christ.

But the question becomes, “How much of this river, how much of the Holy Spirit do you want flowing in you and from you?” Do you want a small stream, or a mighty river?