We are living in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

All around us are people who are dying of thirst.

In our neighborhoods.

In our workplaces.

In our schools.

We are in desperate need of springs of living water.

One of the beautiful things about our God is the way He allows us to be the ones to bring His kingdom into being on this earth.

Perhaps allows is not a strong enough word.

Part of our calling, our mission, as Jesus followers is to proclaim God’s kingdom rule in every corner of the piece of earth in which He has placed us.

For me, this begins in my home.

I want every person who enters my home to experience the love and peace of Christ. I want the love and peace of Jesus to radiate out from our home. I want our home to be a sacred place that draws others to Him.

Space matters, whether that space is a sprawling farmhouse in the country or a tiny apartment in the city, and what we do with the space we are given matters.

Let Thy kingdom come, let Thy will be done, in my home as it is in heaven.

We are called to fill our spaces with truth, goodness, and beauty.

We are called to fill our spaces with water.

We who have chosen this God-life have been promised that the living water given to us will become springs of living water.

A spring is an opening in the surface of the ground where water from deep under the ground comes bubbling out.

This is what we are given and this is what we are called to.

We who will never be thirsty again, we who have been satisfied in our deepest places, we who have been filled up with Him,

we are not to hoard this gift.

We are to be springs, not stagnant ponds.

Our land is a desert land.

Our neighborhoods, our workplaces, our schools are all parched and dusty places.

We are surrounded by people who are in desperate search for a true water that can quench their thirst once and for all.

They need springs that are not stopped up but are flowing freely.

We do not need to fear running out, do not need to fear not having enough. Our spring will never run dry because it comes from a place that is deeper than ourselves.

We only must ourselves continue to drink from the source. We must continue to fill ourselves up so that we can continue to overflow.

We live in a dry and weary land, and God has asked us to water the desert.

He has made us into springs of water for this very purpose.

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Art credits: photograph of Cleopatra spring of water in Siwa by Sara Nabih; photograph of mountain spring by Kirk Sewell; photograph of sand by Made Sacred