God is the source of all life. Life is not taken here to mean merely
the physical existence, though truly that is only possible because of the
Lord’s great love and mercy. It must be taken to mean life of all kinds,
whether physical, spiritual, intellectual, emotional and social. God is at the
creative centre of every aspect of what life is and means to us, and to any
other creature on earth or in heaven! This is indeed a grand thought! Every
breath or symptom of life, finds its source in God. Everything that represents
life and is desirable in life, for it to be worth living – joy, happiness,
companionship, love and a myriad of other factors, all spring from this same
Original Fountain of life! Man is generally insensible to the reality that
everything he really desires and works so hard for, is actually the gift of
God, and can only be truly realised, when Jesus becomes the centre of our focus
and interest. Most utilise the gift of life, for their own means and purposes,
not caring why life even actually is a reality in the first place, or whether a
higher purpose is intended by it. Many even directly turn their efforts and
entire life’s energies, into futile attempts to minimize, ridicule and
discredit, the very God of life that supplied the gift in the first place! The
most important aspect of all life, is that which is going to continue eternally
– life in the spiritual realm. This is the greatest facet of life, which God
has granted to man. In arid countries, where water is scarce, finding and
having access to a fountain of water, is indeed a most precious and valuable
commodity. Water to all living organisms can make the difference between
physical survival and death. It is the same in the spiritual plane. The soul of
man needs the flow from the Eternal Fountain, to have and maintain life.
Without the life from the spiritual fountain of God, our soul, shrivels up and
dries into a broken, tortured, suffering being, ever longing and searching for
relief. Nothing else in any other levels of living, can fill the ‘hole’, supply
the need or satisfy the soul. Humanity has for all of its history, attempted to
replace God as the font of life, and all that life means, with alternatives of every
possible kind, and from all other possible sources, but in vain! God is the
true and only Fountain of Life for our entire being, He is the supplier of all
we need for life at every level, and for an abundant, healthy, excellent
quality of spiritual life!
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