Isaiah 44:3 KJV
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring…John 4:13-14 KJV
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Water too precious to drink.I Chronicles 11:15-19 KJV
Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Bethlehem.And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate! And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD. And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
David’s Water
David had a need for water. There was water in the well at Bethlehem, but David couldn’t get to the well because enemy troops were there. The only way to get the water was for someone to risk his life by going into enemy territory to get it.
Three of David’s men loved him so much that they decided to risk their lives to get to the well to get some water for him.
When David received the water, he realized that it represented the very lives of the men who had obtained it for him. Because of this, he considered the water to be too precious to drink. Therefore, instead of drinking it, he poured it out as an offering to God.
Living Water
We have a need for the “living water” (the Holy Spirit). Jesus was born in Bethlehem, site of the well from which David’s mighty men obtained the water too precious to drink, and is the source of the “living water.”
Like David, we can’t obtain the “living water” on our own; Jesus provides the “living water” for us. What David’s men did for David, Jesus has done for us. We may receive the Holy Spirit as a free gift, but only because of the price that Jesus paid when he shed his blood on a cross.
John 1:29 (KJV)
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.John 7:37-38 (KJV)
37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.Revelation 7:17 (KJV)
17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.