Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea; it shall continue in summer as in winter.
And the Lord will become king over all the earth; on that day the Lord will be one and his name one.”
NL Daily Devotion for Saturday, February 5, 2022
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
Now we have a little taste of apocalyptic literature. “On that day” is big in apocalyptic texts. That day some time in the future when God will show up in might, wipe all the evildoers from the earth, and set up a peaceful kingdom forever. Here, God’s living waters flow out of God’s earthly home, Jerusalem, and all the way to the sea in two directions.
I imagine these rivers of living water would drench all the earth in God’s grace, making farmlands rich, forests and grasslands verdant, and deserts bloom. They would fill all creatures with joy and make them to live in peace. They would make all creation to have life, and have it abundantly. That’s an apocalypse I could get behind!
Where do I see God’s living water flowing in the world?