For God so loved that He gave… 

We cannot be saved without faith in Christ…

But our faith lacks sincerity if it doesn’t reach out to others.

In watering others, we water ourselves.

God says,

“I cannot bless a life that does not act as a channel. My Spirit brooks no stagnation, not even rest. Its Power must flow on. Pass on everything, every blessing. Abide in Me. See how many you can bless each day. Dwell much in My Presence.”
― Two Listeners (from God Calling)

Proverbs 11:25 say,

“The generous man [is a source of blessing and] shall be prosperous and enriched, And he who waters will himself be watered [reaping the generosity he has sown].”

Freely we have received and freely we must learn to give.

To that person, who is a compassionate and generous giver God promises,

Isaiah 58:9-12
Legacy Standard Bible

9 Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer;

You will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’

If you remove the yoke from your midst,

The pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness,

10 And if you offer your soul to the hungry
And satisfy the soul of the afflicted,

Then your light will rise in darkness
And your thick darkness will become like midday.

11 And Yahweh will continually guide you,
And satisfy your soul in scorched places,

And fortify your bones;
And you will be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.

12 Those from among you will rebuild the ancient waste places;

You will raise up the foundations of past generation upon generation;

And you will be called the repairer of the breach,

The restorer of the paths for one to inhabit.
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58:9–12 The godly one is assured that whenever he calls, the LORD will answer … “Here I am.”

If he will eliminate oppression, stop pointing … the finger in accusation or in scoffing, and cease from mud-slinging and slander, if he will alleviate human need, both spiritual and physical, then God promises that his night will turn to day.

He will enjoy guidance, abundant supply of good things, health and strength, beauty and fruitfulness, and national restoration.

“Your sons will rebuild the long-deserted ruins of your cities, and you will be known as ‘The People who Rebuild their Walls and Cities’ ” (v. 12, TLB).

In other words, as Philippians 2:5 tells us, in putting on the mind of Christ, we should count others as more important than ourselves.

And we should always seek God with pure motives, and the good works that we do, we do all out of our love for God, and then we become the channels to distribute His Agape-love to all those around us.

SELAH (let us pause and calmly think about these things)
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Tuesday, June 27
Worthy Brief

DON’T DRY UP!

“And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.”
— Isaiah 58:11

One of the great marvels of the Roman Empire was the invention of the aqueduct system to provide water over vast distances.

It was an absolutely ingenious method which made use of gravity, with stone arches to support the water channels.

An aqueduct was built in 109 AD which carried water to the city of Segovia for eighteen hundred years.

For nearly sixty generations this aqueduct provided cool water from the mountains above. But fairly recently, it collapsed.

A well-intentioned citizen, observing the ancient structure, remarked,

“This aqueduct is so great a marvel that it ought to be preserved for our children, as a museum piece. We shall relieve it of its centuries-long labor.”

So the city decided to construct a modern water system with iron pipes to carry the water, intending to give the aqueduct a long-deserved rest.

What they failed to realize, of course, was that attempting to preserve the aqueduct by stopping the flow of water through it, assured its rapid disintegration!

As the sun beat down on the now dry mortar and stone, the centuries old structure quickly began to fall apart.

Amazingly, nearly two millenia of service would not accomplish the destructive work of less than a century of idleness!

This story ought to really encourage us in Kingdom work…since, continuing to allow Yeshua’s living water to flow through us, we are constantly renewed and preserved, rather than drying up with idleness and atrophy.

So…with so much work to be done, let us do it with the life-giving stream: the ever-renewing vitality of Yeshua’s living water!

Your family in the Lord with much agape love,

George, Baht Rivka, Obadiah and Elianna (Dallas, TX)
(Baltimore, MD)
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