4月23日
标 题： 活 水
经 节： 因为我的百姓做了两件恶事，就是离弃我这活水的泉源，为自己凿出池子，是破裂不能存水的池子。（耶利米书二章13节）
基督徒的生活应该没有“灵性枯竭”的时刻。神说祂在信徒的生命中，像一口自流源泉。自流源泉是由地底深处涌出的水泉，是清凉、解渴、新鲜、永不停止、永不再渴。这是一个拥有圣灵内住、灵性更新者的写照。
你是否曾听过有人说自己正面临灵性枯竭的基督徒生命？他们是怎么说的？他们是否说，神缺水不能解决他们的灵性问题？你不应有这种念头，就算你心中的活水泉源变成了涓涓细流，也不需找遍全国，企求灵性更新的泉源。研讨会、退修会和书籍，的确可以激励人，但你若是一个基督徒，活水泉源就在你的心里。
你是否把活水泉源换成破裂、不能储水的人工池子？你为什么把自流源泉换成贮水池呢？自流源泉永远不会枯竭，破裂的池子会枯竭。如果你现在正面对灵性枯竭，是否因为你正试着在人工池子中，找寻属灵精力的泉源？每回这个人工池子都叫你失望。耶稣邀请你：“人若渴了，可以到我这里来喝。”（约翰福音七：37）你是否被活水更新？这活水只有耶稣能够给你。
Living Water
For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the
fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns–broken cisterns that
can hold no water. (Jeremiah 2:13)
There should never be “dry spells” in the Christian life. God said that
He would be like an artesian well in the life of a believer. Artesian wells
bubbled forth with a cold, fresh, never-ending supply of water from the depths
of the earth, quenching any thirst and always satisfying. This is the picture
of the spiritual refreshment that belongs to the person in whom the Holy Spirit
resides.
Have you ever heard people say they are experiencing a dry spell in
their Christian life? What are they saying? Are they saying that the Lord ran
out of water? It should never cross your mind that the fountain of living
waters residing within you should ever be reduced to a trickle. You don’t need
to run all over the country trying to find sources of spiritual refreshment.
Conferences, retreats, and books can all bring encouragement, but if you are a
Christian, the source of living water already resides within you.
Have you exchanged the living fountain for man-made cisterns that cannot
hold water? Why would you exchange an artesian well for a broken water tank?
Artesian wells do not dry up. Broken cisterns do. If you are experiencing
spiritual dryness right now, is it because you have been attempting to find
your source of spiritual refreshment from man-made sources, which will fail you
every time? Jesus extended an invitation to you when He said: “If anyone
thirsts, let him come to Me and drink” (John 7:37). Have you been refreshed by
the living water only Jesus can provide?
