2 Kings 2:22

Unto this day. The restoration then effected was permanent. A spring called ‘Ain es-Sultan, also known as Elisha’s Fountain, still supplies abundant water to the area. Through all the years since Elisha’s miracle the spring of Jericho has continued to flow, pouring forth its healing and life-sustaining flood, and making that portion of the valley an oasis of delight and beauty. As the Lord in His compassion was willing to heal the spring of Jericho, so He is also willing to heal the hearts and lives of men of their spiritual maladies. As the spring was restored, so could Israel have been restored if the nation had accepted of the ministrations of God’s chosen servant. As the waters of Jericho have continued to flow, sending forth life and blessing to the regions about, so from Israel there might have flowed a stream of spiritual life and healing, bringing the peace and blessings of Heaven to all the peoples of earth.

The poison of sin is still at work in the hearts of men. Springs of hate and bitterness are flowing out to the world, when there might be love and gladness. The healing powers of the gospel of Christ are needed everywhere, that they might infuse with new life and power the hearts and lives of men. Into the human soul must come the life of Heaven, that the course of corruption may be stayed. Christ came into the world to sweeten five lives of men and to send forth a life-giving stream of purity, grace, and spiritual power. The heart that is transformed by the love of God becomes a stream of life and gladness, peace and beauty, to the world. Wherever that stream may flow the world becomes a better and a happier place in which to live, an oasis of delight in the midst of a desert of despair and woe. Christ today is the light and life of men, and His blessings flow out to all the peoples of earth from the hearts of those who themselves have been transformed by the touch of His love and grace. God’s church is to be to the world a cleansing fountain, revitalizing hearts and restoring hope and righteousness and joy in regions that have lost touch with Heaven.