The River that Runs Through the Holy Habitation of the Most High

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High... -Psalm 46:4

Jerusalem is where Jesus will reign in the millennial kingdom, and the Jordan river flows near Jerusalem, but I don't think the writer of Psalm 46 was thinking of either that river or that city. 

Bearing in mind that many Psalms are prophetic, there is only one river I know of mentioned in Scripture that would make glad the holy habitation of the Most HIgh, and it flows through Revelation 22...

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city...


The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price. -Revelation 22:1,17

This living water was also spoken of by the prophet Isaiah and by Jesus. 

Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. -Isaiah 12:3

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. -John 7:38

Referring of the body of Christ, Ephesians 2:21-22 says, the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

If you know Christ as your Savior, the Holy Spirit lives within you, making you the holy habitation of the Most High.

So given the other passages we've looked at, let's think again about the river whose streams make glad the city of God.

The river of life flows through believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, those who have been builded together for an habitation of God by the Spirit. 

Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.


There is a river whose streams make glad the city of our God and I will rejoice be glad...