Wherever the River Goes - Part One.
- Emma Li
- Dec 31, 2021
- 3 min read
Updated: Dec 28, 2025
The River from the Temple.
Hello friends.
Just a few hours from now, 2021 will be a memory. I do not know about you, but I have the feeling that we have been living in a storm since the pandemic began. The more I listen to the news and learn about current events around the world, the more confused I become. One thing remains in the middle of all this. 'You are who You are no matter where I am... I will praise You in the storm'. Amen!
Praise You in This Storm by Natalie Grant - Source (YouTube)
Whenever we put our trust in God, we have complete assurance He knows what's best. In spite of everything, we should depend on Him and keep our eyes fixed on Him no matter what happens.
The storm may be raging, but we are at peace and hopeful.
Today, I would like to take a moment to share one of my favourite passages in the Bible, Ezekiel chapter 47. That portion of scripture depicts a beautiful image of the river of life. Let`s pause and meditate!
1The man brought me back to the entrance to the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. 2He then brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and the water was trickling from the south side. 3As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and then led me through water that was ankle-deep. 4He measured off another thousand cubits and led me through water that was knee-deep. He measured off another thousand and led me through water that was up to the waist. 5He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in—a river that no one could cross. 6He asked me, “Son of man, do you see this?” Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 7When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river. 8He said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh. 9Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live. 10Fishermen will stand along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets. The fish will be of many kinds—like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea. 11But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt. 12Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.”
There is much to learn in that passage, and I will leave it up to you to listen to the Holy Spirit and have your own personal encounter. But what I would like to share with you today, is that while we might be living in a storm, God's peace and presence are very real. In looking back at 2021 and looking to God for hope, I was reminded of this portion of scripture in Ezekiel 47, and it provided me with deep encouragement. Wherever the river of life flows, there is life. There is healing. The trees bear fruits. We can run to Jesus, who is the fountain of life and from whom this living water flows.
I pray this passage will encourage you and will lead you into walking deeper and deeper into the presence of God and what He has for you in 2022.
The River Will Flow by Whiteheart - Source (YouTube)
River of Life by Third Day - Source (YouTube)
John 4 : 14 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,14but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
Blessings,
Emma
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