"Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation."
Isaiah 12:3
I like the idea here of the "wells of salvation." It makes me think of an unlimited, refreshing source of something essential to life. Additionally, it makes it clear that obtaining that gift is at least partially under our control. God provides the source, but we dip in our tiny buckets in order to partake. :) ... It's a good analogy, helping us understand that God provides a way to salvation for each of us, but that we have to actively participate, at least to the extent that we need to go to the source and drink, which symbolically can encompass a lot of things, but at least keeping the Spirit with us rather than driving it away, which would essentially be like refusing to drink.
Today, let's allow the Lord to guide us to his "water of life" (Revelation 22:1, Alma 5:34, Alma 42:27, Doctrine and Covenants 10:66, John 4:14), and let's then be willing to partake with joy, rejoicing in the gifts that God grants us, and the promise of something even better.
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