Introduction: Sometimes due to negligence or a multitude of occupations, the spiritual life is neglected, and the heart enters a harmful and damaging cooling. But the Holy Spirit comes again and again to convince us of the need for God.
Restoring fellowship with the Lord requires diligence, commitment, and approaching His presence with a humble heart. We are a temple of God and he wants to fill us with his power…
We must remember that each of the gates in the walls of Jerusalem (twelve in all) had a name, for example: “the gate of the sheep, the gate of the fish, the gate of the horses” and each of them with their own names. features.
It is also very interesting to remember that the new Jerusalem, the heavenly city, will have twelve gates, just like the gates in the walls of the earthly city (the number twelve in the Bible symbolizes the government of God). We speak then of a city or region where God rules.
“Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture says, rivers of living water will flow from within him. This he said of the Holy Spirit, which they that believe in him should receive” (John 7:38-39). Then the waters remind us of the life-giving, renewing and cleansing work that the Holy Spirit does.
The Scriptures also relate the power of the Word of the Lord with the life that water gives, for example in Psalm one. So the Bible tells us about a moment where God poured renewal and life on his people Israel, when they read his law next to the Water Gate.
It is very important to note that it was through reading and studying the Word of the Lord that Israel worshiped and humbled themselves before God. How wonderful and powerful is the work of the Holy Spirit through his word.