Poured In To Be Poured Out

John 2
7 Jesus said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” And they filled them up to the brim.
8 And He said to them, “Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast.” And they took it.

• WATER: The pots were made for a purpose (water), but they were sitting unfilled and unused. Jesus commanded that the pots be filled. Looking at a spiritual lesson here we can submit that we are the pots and that we are required/commanded to be filled! Filled with the water that Jesus gives, filled with Jesus, filled with The Spirit, filled by faith, but too often, like these pots, we are sitting in the corner unfilled and unused. That is not Jesus’ desire or longing for us. He LONGS to see us filled and He LONGS to use us for His Glory! At Jesus command those pots were filled to the brim with pure, life-sustaining water. Within them was the single most valuable source of sustenance, refreshment and cleansing. This water represents Jesus Christ, His Holy Spirit, His eternal and abundant Life!
• TWO COMMANDS: But they were not commanded to only be filled, there was a command to be poured out! We are not to hide that source of Life and Light under a cover! Water can stagnate, grow mould and become poisonous if not poured out and replenished. In the same way a selfish heart for academic knowledge and selfish gain will poison that precious water of The Lord in our hearts. If we only focus on being filled we risk missing entirely the purpose of the filling!
• ⁠WINE: It truly is an incredible and wonderful miracle that as they poured out that water, as they poured out what had been poured in, it became something altogether more than water, it became a sweet, joyful drink of celebration and jubilation; something for ALL to delight in and rejoice about! It was something to celebrate! It is the work of God, it is the purpose of creation, time and Calvary! Oh praise The Lord it is THE GOSPEL! HALLELUJAH!
• But most of all, more than any enjoyment of the guests, it became a precious testimony of Honour and Glory to the bridegroom! Oh how wonderful to consider this application! The Glory of God has been set on His people. His greatest work, His greatest testimony is His Salvation and Redemption of fallen man! But only when they pour out what He has poured in! That His life could be poured into and poured out of us is truly His GREATNESS! All of eternity will be spent singing WORTHY, WORTHY, WORTHY is The Lamb that was slain to take away the sin of THE WORLD! HALLELUJAH! So pour out His praises, Bless His name, pour out His living waters, pour out His Glory, honour, power and LIFE!!
   
  John 7
  37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
  38 He who believes in Me as the Scripture has said, from his innermost being shall flow [continuously] springs and rivers of living water.
  39 But He was speaking here of the Spirit, Whom those who believed (trusted, had faith) in Him were afterward to receive. For the [Holy] Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified (raised to honour).

• Are we thirsty for more of Him? Do we have faith to believe that He will quench that thirst? It is the thirsty that will go to Him to drink, not the self labelled “christian”. The drinking of Christ’s water is not something we receive by church attendance or religious traditions. Only those who thirst will humble themselves to come, to seek, to ask… to drink!
• ⁠Out of HIS innermost being! Out of the believer! Within God’s Born Again believers there is the very source of life! The Holy Spirit! A source of life-giving, thirst-quenching spiritual water for pouring out to others! It is HIS life that is poured into them and it is HIS life that will flow out of them! This is only possible for those who are thirsty enough to go to Him and drink!
   
  Isaiah 44
  3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, And floods on the dry ground; I will pour My Spirit on your descendants, And My blessing on your offspring;
   
• Notice the order set out here. First The Lord will pour water on the individual who is thirsty. The principle is repeated again with the specification of thirst! Not the church goer, not the one who says their prayers, not the good living individual… But upon him who is THIRSTY! Do you have a thirst to be filled with God?! Do you thirst to be filled with His Spirit so that you may pour out His life to those around you?
• ⁠After the individuals have been poured into THEN, from the rivers and springs of living water poured out of the filled body of Christ, the floods will come to the dry grounds!
• ⁠May we be those who are thirsty. May hunger and thirst after righteousness. May we ask and keep on asking, seek and keep on seeking, knock and keep on knocking! For we SHALL be filled! And oh how great the testimony unto The Lord as we pour out all that He has poured in! May we be channels for our Lord and Saviour!

Channels only, blessed Master,
But with all Thy wondrous power,
Flowing through us, Thou canst use us,
Every day and every hour.