Living Water
Read: John 4:1-42 Where do you get that living water? (v. 11 NRSV) It was a most unlikely sight. Jesus, a Jewish rabbi, talking with a Samaritan woman at a
Steven Bouma-Prediger August 24, 2025
Water is essential to life—not just for our bodies but for our souls. In the Living Water devotional series, theologian and nature lover Steven Bouma-Prediger invites you on a refreshing journey through Scripture, exploring the deep, life-giving significance of water in God’s Word and our world.
From the very beginning of creation to the final vision of the new heaven and earth, the Bible is filled with images of water—rivers that nourish, streams that bring joy, and sacred waters that cleanse and renew. These daily devotions reflect on the beauty of creation, the power of baptism, the justice God desires, and the promise of living water offered through Christ. Through the lens of rivers, seas, and storms, you’ll encounter a God who calms, who provides, and who transforms.
Whether you find yourself navigating personal drought or longing to reconnect with the rhythms of God’s grace, this series invites you to drink deeply from the source that never runs dry. It’s a call to remember who you are—marked by water, sustained by love, and called to be stewards of the world God made.
Let these reflections renew your spirit, deepen your gratitude, and remind you: the living water Jesus offers is not just a metaphor—it is your daily, sustaining reality. Come, drink, and be refreshed.
Read: John 4:1-42 Where do you get that living water? (v. 11 NRSV) It was a most unlikely sight. Jesus, a Jewish rabbi, talking with a Samaritan woman at a
Read: John 7:37-44 Let anyone who is thirsty come to me. (v. 37 NRSV) It was the time of the Jewish Festival of Booths. For seven days water was carried
Read: Acts 8:26-40 What is to prevent me from being baptized? (v. 37 NRSV) The Ethiopian Minister of the Treasury was on his way home after a trip to a
Read: Galatians 3:23-29 As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. (v. 27 NRSV) In this passage from his great letter on Christian freedom,
Read: 1 John 5:6-8 This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ. (v. 6 NRSV) The one who came by water. Baptism. The one who came
Read: Revelation 21:1-6 To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life. (v. 6 NRSV) The vision is mind-boggling. John the
Steve Bouma-Prediger is the Leonard and Marjorie Mass Professor of Reformed Theology at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. A graduate of Hope College, his Ph.D. is in religious studies from The University of Chicago. His most recent book is Earthkeeping and Character: Exploring a Christian Ecological Virtue Ethic.
When not teaching or writing, he spends as much time as possible canoeing or backpacking in his favorite places in North America or simply hiking among the magnificent trees in southwest Michigan parks.