Living Water

So we are aware of the symbol of Christ being the living water.  All through the scriptures Christ is referred to as the living water and in and through him you can drink and never thirst.  While reading Isaiah 43:2 the parable his me in a new light.  Here is the scripture:

“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee”

Now bare with me as I dissect this, to show you how I got my “ah ha” moment. So, “when thou passest through the waters” what came to my mind was baptism.  When baptized by immersion we are literally submerged in water to cleanse ourselves in a physical way to also represent the cleansing of our soul through the atonement of Christ as we covenant to take his name upon ourselves. Going back to the scripture we then get the promise, “I will be with thee.” Now, going back to Christ being the living water, it makes sense that it is only through baptism, when we are immersing ourselves in water and taking his name upon us.  If the word and doctrine of God, going back to the scripture we can interpret that when we are being told, “and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee” it can possibly be stating that the word of God is endless and that he will continually pour (yes, anther water imagery) out his blessing upon us, and while sometimes we can be overwhelmed in all we know, (as with great knowledge come great responsibility), it will not “overflow” us. Now this next part is the part that touched my heart as there is never any coincidences in the doctrine of the Lord.  “when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee” Now as we know, a lot of Isaiah is a caution and waning for not only the people of his time, but also the people of the latter days (yes, that means us). He warns contently of the second Coming when Christ comes once again to cleans and regain the righteous and just upon and within the earth. As many of you know the earth will be cleansed by fire, eliminating and purging the word of wickedness trough flame.  So think how beautifully this coincides with Christ, our living water.  If we immerse ourselves in his water, and continually flow through him, preparing ourselves for his second coming, if we are essentially wet with Christ, how then could the fire touch us? Isn’t that a beautiful visual?! So let the burning commence as I will not fear as I have the promise “thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee”