All My Fountains...

So I stumbled upon a song by Chris Tomlin yesterday. It instantly was a hit with me. I loved the groove of it. I loved the melody lines and the words. It was just refreshing. It uplifted me and had me dancing in my room (which isn't hard to do, but an achievement nontheless).

The lyrics were interesting to me though. Catchy, yes. Painted a picture, yes. But there was one line that threw me for a loop. Here is the chorus:

Open the heavens

Come living water

All my fountains are in You

Strong like a river

Your love is running through

All my fountains are in You

All my fountains are in You? It isn't something that makes sense right away. It takes a little thought. But a instance that happened today blew open my understanding of that line.

I was approached by someone and was spoken to quite roughly. I felt turned upside down, mistrusted, and judged. I was hurt by what had transpired and was fairly upset by it. Then that chorus started playing in my head and the meaning of that line opened up. Fountains as something that brings up life-giving water to us. We choose what our fountains are. We can choose to have our fountains be in our jobs, cars, relationships, people's approval; whatever our heart's can contrive. The lyrics are portraying exactly how we should be living. Our fountains should be found in Christ and not in the things of this Earth. Like in John 4:13, God's living water is the only water that will leave us refreshed and never thirsty. If we put our fountains in God, we will have that water.