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Water, is one of the most vital elements on the earth, if not the most necessary. Water typifies the flow of the Spirit of the Lord. What better example could be used of a mighty move of the Spirit than that of the waters of Ezekielís vision, flowing into a desert, a dry place unused to the benefit of water. With its arrival that which was barren and unproductive became an area of great beauty. Eze. 47:8 Periodically someone produces a documentary film showing what happens in a desert place when the infrequent rain falls. It causes the desert to suddenly break forth with the most unusual and exquisite of flowers. So, when the Spirit of the Lord is prevalent among the people of the Lord, the gifts and fruit of the Spirit suddenly spring to life out of a previously dormant seed which only needs water to break forth.
King David was one who expressed the condition of both his natural life and the desire of his spirit. Most definitely, the latter more than the former. For all of his faults and failures, David was a spiritual man who deeply loved the Lord. Fleeing from those who would kill him, he found himself in a desert, a dry place. Like all of us, he on occasion found himself bereft of the most important component of his life, that is the presence of the Spirit of the Lord. In those dry seasons he found his soul thirsting and crying out for the presence of the Spirit of the Lord in his life. Ps. 63:1 He longed to see the power and the glory of the Lord as he had seen it in the sanctuary of the Lord. Ps. 63:2 Once having experienced the mighty blessing of the Lord, the soul of man cannot be satisfied with a lesser portion. There will always be that longing for a greater participation in the Lordís power and glory.
The last day revival will fill the earth with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, that is a full comprehension of the works and evidences of the Spirit of the Lord, even as the waters now cover the seas of the world. Living on a planet which is mostly covered by water, this should speak loudly to us, that there is a presence of the Lord coming upon His people such as never known before. Hab. 2:14 The ultimate fulfillment of this verse will reach its climax during the Millennial reign of the Lord Jesus on earth. Those who will be privileged to live under that eternal regime will live and breathe the glory and presence of the Lord. His Spirit and the glory which accompanies it will be the only source of life for the thousand years. Isaiah received of the Lord a word concerning the condition of the Bride in the wilderness which will carry on over into the Sabbath of the ages, that is the thousand year kingdom of our God and of His Christ. Weigh the abundance of waters to be found in, rivers, fountains, pools and springs of waters, all of which are in the plural except for the pool. That is an abundant supply. Isa. 41:18.