Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground,
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living
being.
1 Corinthians 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the man of
dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.
John 4:14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him
will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a
fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."
Revelation 21:6 And He said to me, "It is done! I am the
Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain
of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.
The first man was called "Ah-dom", we know him as
"Adam". The word used for "man", as in "mankind", in Genesis 1, is also
the same word – "Ah-dom". "Ah-dom" is rooted in the three Hebrew
letters, aleph-dalet-mem, and one of the Hebrew words for earth is
"Adamah", which contains the same three letters, however it ends with the
Hebrew letter "hay". "Adamah" means "red earth", or "red clay", and this
word points to the natural earth elements, the "earth dust" that composed
Adam’s body, and the body of every human being since. "Man" is "ah-dom",
in a very real sense, "clay".
If a piece of clay is to become anything, it has to be molded –
and to be moldable it must become wet. Clay has a tendency to dry out
quickly and become hardened, and once that happens, there's not much you
can do with it. Since we are "ah-dom", made of clay, we are in constant
need of water. This is true both physically, and also spiritually. Our
bodies need a constant resupply of water to stay alive and function well.
Our spirits also need "water", the "water" of the Word [Ephesians 5:26]. If
we are constantly drinking this water of the word, our faith, which comes
by hearing [Romans 10:17] will result in a magnificent promise from Yeshua:
"He that believes in me, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living
water!"
This water of His Word welling up through His Spirit will prevent
us from becoming dry and hardened, and will enable us to "water" others,
even to be, ourselves, a spring of living water.
Drink from the water of life. You don't
want to become a hardened vessel, easily cracked or broken. Soak yourself
in Him and in His word, so that God will keep you moldable, useful, and
"drinkable" by others. Water is necessary, but it is also deeply
refreshing, and Yeshua's living water springs up, even to eternal life! (George, Baht Rivka, Elianna & Obadiah)
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