This evening we looked at Jesus' amazing promise of the Holy Spirit. He is the river that flows from Jesus for us. Springing from the perfect Saviour, from the hill where Jesus died, from - as Ezekiel saw it - the altar, this river gives life in a world that is otherwise a spiritual desert. A river of living water, never stagnant. Never stopping, it is yet a place to rest.
Why is this 'amazing'? Because the River is God himself. Not a religious metaphor for a long ritual or an ecstatic spinning. God himself comes to us.
When the General Election is over I do not expect to hear from the politicians much until we meet again at the next election. Yet when Jesus went up to somewhere more exalted than Westminster or Washington or Brussels, God immediately came back to give us more and more life. If only we could, we'd certainly elect God! In fact, and more amazingly still, he elects us!!
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