We can all relate to being thirsty. Weather your mouth is dry and you need some water, or you're outside on a hot summers day and you could really go for a tall glass of lemonade, or you just finished working out and you need your favorite energy drink. We all can relate to being thirsty. But there is a thirst that can't be quenched by water or any other liquid beverage. Thats our thirst for God. "As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him?" (Psalm 42:1-2 LT) David wanted to know where God was so he could stand in His presence and quench his thirst. Jesus provided confirmation in Matthew 5:6 (KJV) "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled." Notice he did not say, might be, could be or a strong possibly, be filled. No,
he said SHALL be filled. One translation says completely satisfied! Weather we drink out of the bottle or out of the tap, regular water can never satisfy your thirst for Him. "Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 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. The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw." John 4:13-15(KJV) Look at that, Jesus said that he will give us a well, an endless supply of water on the inside of us that will spring up to everlasting life. So how do we satisfy the thirst in our spirits to have more of God? How do we thirst for Heaven and not the world? How do we thirst for the everlasting and not the temporal? Well I believe
the answer is, We Seek! John 7:37-38 "In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." This scripture has 3 keys for never thirsting again.
The first key: If any man thirst, let him come unto me. Come and make Jesus your Savior and Lord of your life.
The second key: Drink...drink what? Drink the Word of God. Drink in what God said about Jesus. Drink in what God said about you and your life in Him.
The third key: Believe, believe what the Word says about Jesus. "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no man cometh unto the Father but by Me." John 14:6 & 9
These 3 keys will allow us to have an endless supply of living water that we never thirst again. Jump in, the water is fine!
This week read, meditate and pray these scriptures:
Psalm 143:5-7
Matthew 5:6
Isaiah 41:16-18
John 6:34-36
God loves you and so do I!
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