Hi Pastor John!
I have to share this with you. It is so good to me! I had the best day with Jesus. Jesus has been pricking my heart about testifying. I always find it easier to write my feelings out, as opposed to telling about them. So, I was practicing giving a testimony I want to give, and I was practicing on Jesus. Whew! I was speaking out loud to Jesus, and it was like Jesus poured honey down in the car. Just like a thick, sweet covering. I began to stutter under the spirit and speak in tongues. Oh, it was so good! It was so good that I just wanted somebody there with me to feel it and drink it in. I love when Jesus takes over.
A few hours later, I was talking to Jesus about how wonderful that felt, and I felt the spirit flow from my stomach. When I was seeking the holy Ghost, I would Google testimonies of “how the holy ghost felt”. People would often say that it will bubble up from your belly. That always left me a little curious and bewildered because I had not felt that. I have felt it many times since, that glorious pull that just bursts from within.
This is so good to me!
So, I was thinking about that, and Jesus put this understanding in my heart: that is what John 7:38 is. I completely get it. I also get why the word “river” was used in that verse. A river is flowing and alive, not like a pond or a lake, which are not moving and stirring. Every word Jesus uses is right. It has meaning.
This is probably baby stuff for everyone, but I am just loving what Jesus is teaching me. I never know when He is going to put something in my heart or open my eyes. I am so in love with Jesus and with this life. I had to share this.
John 7:38
“He that believes in me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly will flow rivers of living waters.”
Beth