What do we do after we are saved? Isaiah is a great book to learn so much about the Messiah and about the salvation provided by and through Him. Isaiah is the Romans of the Old Testament. In chapter twelve of the book we have a great thanksgiving that the prophet records, expressing gratitude for this salvation. It is as if the writer can't contain himself and must shout from the top of the hill praise and adulation to God for providing the Messiah. I especially like the following verse in that praise psalm:
Isaiah 12:3
Therefore you will joyously draw water
From the springs of salvation.
In speaking to those who are saved and will experience salvation Isaiah doesn't want them to think this is a one time experience. He tells us that salvation is a "spring" of which we continually drink throughout our days. We "joyously draw" water. The picture here must have been a difficult one for the typically Israelite. To us it serves only as a picture. But, to them, the drawing of water was an everyday, difficult task. We sometimes get frustrated when we have to take the garbage to the end of the driveway. The typical Israelite had to draw water in the morning and in the evening. It was not a "joyous" responsibility. It was often left to the women. You remember in John 4 when Christ promises the Women at the Well "Living Water" she about freaked-out. She would have loved water she no longer had to "draw" out of the well each day. What Isaiah (and then later Jesus) is telling us is that Salvation is that ever source of life. It is always available and always flowing. We are to drink it in every day and enjoy how it quenches the thirst of life. Salvation was not a one time thing. We are to experience the joy of our salvation every day.
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