Reminded by Isaiah this morning that, in this present age, God’s people live as a foreshadow of what is to come. That, in many ways, what we experience “by faith” will, at His coming, be the way “of sight.” Isaiah repeatedly speaks of “in that day” . . . an allusion to the coming of Messiah in His glory to reign on the earth . . . “that day” referring to the time when Jesus returns again to establish His visible kingdom on this planet. And as Isaiah prophecies of “that day” I came across a promise . . . a promise that will be true of “that day” . . . but a promise which is also true today . . . a promise of thirst quenching water . . .

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. (Isaiah 12:3 ESV)

Wells of salvation. Not streams which can run dry . . . not a lake which can be depleted . . . but an eternal, life-giving fountain . . . sourced deep . . . without limit . . . offering up pure, refreshing, satisfy-your-thirst water.

Accessible water . . . water that can be drawn from the well . . . water than can be appropriated . . . and consumed . . . and enjoyed.

That’s what awaits those “in that day.” But how much are we, as the people of God, are able to draw on such waters today? A lot!

Jesus promised such water to a woman of Samaria. A gift of God . . . living water . . . and, for those who would drink of this water, they would never be thirsty again . . . the water, in fact, becoming in them “a water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:10-14). Water received by faith . . . a water sufficient to meet every need . . . the taste of which satisfies the soul and renews the spirit.

The way to the well having been made by the work of the Lamb of God on the cross . . . the means of drawing upon the well being through faith . . . the substance of the water being the Holy Spirit who dwells within us . . .

On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'” Now this He said about the Spirit . . . (John:37-39a ESV)

And so, as I read this ancient prophecy about a coming day, I connect. It’s speaking of my here and now . . . a reminder that my salvation is not just an event of the past but it is an eternal fountain meeting my thirst for my today and promising an ever-present living water for my tomorrow. The good news that redeemed is the good news that also renews and refreshes as I, with joy, draw water from the wells of salvation.

There is no other fountain that can satisfy. Oh, how I need to be on guard against seeking any other source to satisfy my thirst . . . of forsaking the living waters and trying to hew out my own sources of satisfaction . . . feeble substitutes which will ultimately prove only to be “broken cisterns that can hold no water” (Jer. 2:13).

Instead, I must continue to draw water from the wells of salvation . . . to continue to heed the invitation, “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters . . . ” (Isa. 55:1) . . . to draw upon the wells sourced by Another . . . to fill up to the full on that which has been provided without cost to me, though at great price to Him . . . to drink deep . . . and rejoice much . . . as I live out the reality of a coming day.

O Lamb of God . . . I come!