Christ and His Teachings are Living Water

Jesus Christ is Living Water

"If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink." --John 7:37

Nick Came to repair the junction box, or cistern if you will, outside my apartment. It

had been leaking for some time, cracked, and causing a lot of mud. Here, he had dug around it, was covered in dirt and still smiling. It took hours. I thanked him for his good work and asked permission to take his picture.

Elder Bruce McConkie defined living water as "the words of eternal life, the message of salvation, the truths about God and His Kingdom; it is the doctrines of the gospel. Where there are prophets of God, there will be found rivers of living water, wells filled with eternal truths, springs bubbling forth their life-giving drafts that save from spiritual death"

Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, vol.3 (1965-73 Bookcraft, Salt Lake City) 1:151-52

We have living prophets on earth today and may drink deeply of the waters that stream from their words during conference talks, BYU devotionals, temple dedications, church publications and devotionals or firesides.

We can become cisterns for this living water. As we partake of the sacramental bread we remember His body and commit to keeping His commandments and as we drink of the water, to remember His blood. This is done with the promise to always remember Him. Our body becomes that vessel to be filled with the gospel of Jesus Christ and doing His will.