“Water is life,” is the sign you can see on the left side on the road when coming from Ahipara and entering Kaitaia. It has been there already for quite some time.

The Bible has a lot to say about WATER. The Bible tells us about WATER FOR DRINKING and LIVING WATER.

WATER: We cannot live without water.

Water For Drinking:

In John chapter two we are reading about how the Lord Jesus Christ is changing water to wine and in verse seven we read, “Jesus said to the servants, ‘Fill the jars with water’, so they filled them to the brim.” Read also what is says in Mark 9:41.

Living Water:

We are reading about Living Water in Ezekiel 47 and Revelation 22. Living Water is coming from the house of God, time and season cannot affect it, and it satisfies all our needs. And who is the source of it? It is the Lord Jesus Christ. We are reading that in John 4:10. And what about the supply of the Water of Life? We cannot exhaust it. In Revelation 22:1 and Revelation 22:2 we are told that the Water of Life makes our life fruitful.

There is no doubt that you have partaken of the Water for Drinking, but have you partaken of the Water of Life?

The call to partake of the Water of Life is universal. Listen to what it says in Revelation 22:17:

“THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY, ‘COME!’ AND LET HIM WHO HEARS SAY, ‘COME!’ WHOEVER IS THIRSTY, LET HIM COME; AND WHOEVER WISHES, LET HIM TAKE THE FREE  GIFT OF WATER OF LIFE.”

At the Beach

In the Bible we are reading of two kinds of wisdom.

There is first of all the wisdom that is given by God. This wisdom views life in terms of eternity.

What does the Bible say about this wisdom?

We are reading about this wisdom in James 3:17 and there it says:

“But the wisdom that comes from heaven is

1.  first of all pure;
2. then peace-loving,
3. considerate,
4. submissive,
5. full of mercy and
6. good fruit,
7. impartial and
8. sincere.”

The second kind of wisdom is the “wisdom of the world”. (First Corinthians 1:20)

And this is what the Bible says about this kind of wisdom: We read in First Corinthians 1:19, “‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise.'”

Are you choosing the wisdom that is given by God, or are you choosing the “wisdom of the world”?

“With Christ in the vessel we can smile at the storm.”

Those hymn words came to me not many days ago and even caused joy within me.

STORMS: “With Christ in  the vessel we can smile at the storm.”

There are many storms and maybe you are in one of them just now.

There are Physical storms, when you go to your physician and he tells you what you do not want to hear.

There are Financial storms, when the bills are clashing. Have you ever heard about that? Then you need someone to budget for you.

There are Economic storms when your boss tells you that you are no longer needed.

There are storms caused by the Inland Revenue Department, when you pay tax you are not even supposed to pay, in spite of having done everything to find out what the tax laws are.

There are Personal storms, that are smashing your heart into pieces.

Storms and more storm, but “with Christ in the vessel we can smile at the storm”.

A  long time ago I read the following and it must have been on a Church Sign here in Kaitaia:

“GOD PROMISED A SAFE LANDING, NOT A CALM PASSAGE.”