In the David Lean movie...
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In the David Lean movie, Lawrence of Arabia, there is a startling scene about the importance and cost of water in the desert. The British officer, T. E. Lawrence, is being led through the desert by an Arab tribesman. They stop at a well. From the far horizon appears a black image wavering in the heat and mirages of the sand. It is another Arab from another tribe, dressed in black and riding on a camel. It is the owner of the well. The trespassing Arab scrambles to escape from the distant figure, but as he mounts his camel, he falls with the shot fired from the approaching owner of the well.
The British officer is aghast at the costliness and death that surrounds life-giving water.
Today, John the Divine sees, in his revelation, Jesus Christ promising the thirsty, "water without price from the fountain of the water of life." What water is this that is free, and gives us abundant life? It is life with our God who promises to be our God, and we to be his people. Evil and death may approach us from afar --but our Lord Jesus is right by us, from "the beginning and the end."
--Garrison
The British officer is aghast at the costliness and death that surrounds life-giving water.
Today, John the Divine sees, in his revelation, Jesus Christ promising the thirsty, "water without price from the fountain of the water of life." What water is this that is free, and gives us abundant life? It is life with our God who promises to be our God, and we to be his people. Evil and death may approach us from afar --but our Lord Jesus is right by us, from "the beginning and the end."
--Garrison
