Well-Watered Garden

You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.~ Isaiah 58:11

There's something really amazing that happens when one person takes their time and loves on you the way that Christ loves on you. It does amazing things inside of you: it melts hearts of stone, it breaks down walls and barriers, it heals wounds, it begins the process of forgiveness, it helps us grow, and best of all, it gets us to draw closer to God because inevitably we want what they've got!

When you are Jesus to someone else, the Bible says you will be to that other person a safe-haven, a well-watered garden, a place of comfort and rest. But even more than that, the Bible says, "The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame," (Isaiah 58:11). When we give away what we need, such as encouragement and love, or when we give out of our abundance, then God says He will fill us up with the things that we need. It's the law of sowing and reaping. When you bless someone else, God fills you up with that and so much more! The point isn't to give, looking for what you will receive, but to be the blessing--to be Jesus to someone who needs Him--and to know that God will always give you the things that you need.

When you've been Jesus to someone else, "you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer or Streets with Dwellings," (Isaiah 58:12). Who's been Jesus to you? Who needs you to be Jesus to them?