Center for Evangelists

There is a simple quote that carries a powerful truth: Be a fountain, not a drain.

A fountain refreshes.
A drain takes away.

As believers, we have a choice each day. We can be the kind of person who pours life, encouragement, and hope into others—or we can become someone who constantly pulls the joy out of every room we enter.

In John chapter 4, Jesus met a woman at a well. She came carrying the weight of her past, the burden of her failures, and the emptiness of a thirsty soul. But after one conversation with Jesus, everything changed.

Jesus offered her something greater than the water in her bucket. He offered her living water.

“But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” — John 4:14 KJV

That woman came to the well empty.
She left overflowing.

And what did she do next? She went and told others.

The woman who came needing became the woman who was pouring.
The one who came thirsty became a fountain.

That is what Jesus still does today.

When we spend time with Him, He fills us with His Word, His peace, His joy, and His Spirit. And when we are filled with Him, we begin to overflow into the lives of others.

A fountain encourages.
A fountain gives.
A fountain refreshes.
A fountain points others to Jesus.

This world has enough drains—enough negativity, criticism, and discouragement.

Today, ask the Lord to make you a fountain.

Let your words refresh.
Let your kindness flow.
Let your testimony point someone to the Savior.

Be a fountain, not a drain.