“And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:” Luke 1:41 The Scriptures tell us that after Mary had been visited by the angel and knew that she had been chosen to bear the Messiah, she left her home and journeyed to visit Elisabeth. Before she had a chance to share her news, Elisabeth experienced an involuntary response to the nearness of Christ. The baby she was carrying, who had been chosen as the forerunner of Christ, leaped in her womb, and…
“There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.” Psalm 46:4 The word river is used so many times in the Scripture, to illustrate God’s provision for His people. The Lord placed rivers in the Garden of Eden to provide water. Moses’ life was saved when his mother placed him in a basked in the river in Egypt, and the princess rescued him. Later God told him to raise his rod over the Red Sea and it parted for the children of Israel to go…
“And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.” Ezekiel 47:9 What a beautiful picture Ezekiel paints in this this chapter, of the river which originated in the temple and flowed out, blessing all the land around it. It was a river filled with all kinds of fish and on its banks the trees flourished. It started out small,…