I’ve been studying this again lately, and even though I grew up hearing it taught, something in me is hungering for it on a deeper level now. Not just the teaching… but the flow.
Increased — Spirit-led, Spirit-filled, and Spirit-powered and flowing every where I go.
Jesus never called us to be a well that just holds water. He called us to be a river… a flow of living water that brings life wherever it goes (John 7:38).
To live a Spirit-led life seeing the super natal naturally, you can’t stay a well…you’ve got to become a river.
Peter and Paul both were a river.
Everywhere they went, the Spirit flowed through them.
Peter:
— Walked into cities and the sick were healed in his shadow. (After he preached where-ever he was)
— Spoke one message and thousands were saved.
— Carried the living water so powerfully that whole regions were stirred.
Paul:
— Preached the gospel across nations and saw revival break out in dark places.
— Shook prisons with worship.
— Turned entire cultures upside down because the Spirit flowed everywhere he went.
That’s the call on us too. As believers.
Not a well that holds…
but a river that moves, impacts, and carries life wherever God sends us.
They didn’t store the Holy Spirit.
They released Him.
And Jesus told us to do the same:
“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” — Mark 16:15
“And these signs will follow those who believe… they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” — Mark 16:17–18
That’s the river life.
That’s the call.
Flow with Him and watch what He does.
– Courtney Carlson
11/16/25