John 7:38 It was the time of the Feast of the Tabernacles. Jesus has chosen to go alone, quietly, not wishing to be observed as the Jews were seeking to kill Him. Drawn to the temple, He broke His silence and began to teach from the scriptures, revealing things about Himself, disturbing some. “Now on the final and most important day of the Feast, Jesus stood, and He cried out in a loud voice, If any man is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me as the scripture has said, from his innermost being shall flow springs and rivers of living water. But He was speaking here of the Spirit, Whom those who believed in Him were afterward to receive”. Jesus was in the temple, only Jews would be present, He taught from the scripture, He told them Who He was and revealed what they would receive if they believed in Him. They all heard Him say the same thing, but some believed, others did not. Scripture has it, out of the multitude, some heard and believed Him to be a Prophet, others believed He was the Christ. Is this where the Old Covenant meets the New Covenant? Where Jesus begins to teach them about what comes next, from the Law to Grace? Not that righteousness is no longer necessary, but that belief in Him would bring abundant life to them, living inside them. Perhaps this is where the parable of the old wine skins, and the new wine skins fits. The old wine skins are stiff and would burst if new wine were put in them. This new teaching of the ‘living water’ would need new ‘wine skins’, growing their faith. If… Since we believe, we have this ‘living water’ flowing in and through us. The Holy Spirit doesn’t live in us as though He’s powerless… and without purpose. It’s the power of God that lives in us and through us, strengthening us to overcome temptation, encouraging us not to give up and filling us with the wisdom of the ages because we have none, if we let Him. ‘Seek Ye first, the kingdom of heaven…’. What are we doing with this living water? Are we an