The water of life

 And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. Revelation 21:6

 

I am done!

 

That’s what Jesus says here. It is the culmination. Eternity is here.

 

And Jesus offers the fountains of the water of life so there will be no thirst. It is all done and we are eternally nourished and refreshed. All the stuff we hate will be gone.

 

No more thirst is a wonderful promise. I have only once or twice been really thirsty to the point of literal dehydration. There are some folks in the world to who thirst is an everyday part of life and where they spend a good part of their days. Water has always been a source of conflict in dry lands. We need water. We cannot survive without it. There is nothing like a cool drink of water to bring perfect refreshment.

 

When Jesus spoke to the woman at the well in the desert He promised her that if she would trust Him He would supply water that would never run out. He would meet her spiritual thirst.

 

Here we see the final fulfilment of that promise. Right along with God’s statement that He is done we see that from now on there will never be thirst again as we all partake of the living water from the fountain of the water of life.

 

What a joyful time of eternal refreshment.