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John 7:37b-38 "If anyone thirst, let him come to me and drink."
"He who believes in Me, as the scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
Have you ever been thirsty? I don't mean the average thirst where a drink of water sounds good after a long walk or after working outside on a hot summer day? I mean really, really thirsty, where your tongue sticks to the roof of your mouth and all you can think about is water.
Now I want you to imagine that you have been in the desert for several days. You have gone totally without water. You are almost delirious. Your lips are parched, your skin is cracked from the heat of that boiling sun. All of a sudden, you come upon a river.
Now, this is a silly question I ask, What would you do? You know what you would do. You would drink and you would quench your thirst.
That is exactly what Jesus tells us to do."Let him come to Me and drink."
It is right here that so many Christians miss it. They come to the bank of the river, they see the water, they watch the waves lap up on the shore. They even see their reflection of their face on the surface, but they don't drink.
You see God will lead you to the trough, But He won't make you drink. If you want to be filled, you must drink.
I heard a story one time of a foreigner here in America who saw a water fountain for the first time in his life. But he could not figure out how it worked. It had no tap, no buttons to press. After awhile he became very angry and frustrated. He was about to turn away when somebody pointed out to him a little sign on the bottom of the fountain which simply said, "Stoop and drink." When he stooped over he discovered that an electric eye detected his presence and the water automatically came flowing out.
You see when we come to Jesus. He will provide us with living water. a spiritual contentment that we cannot find anywhere.
If you are tired of living without a spiritual passion or zeal for God, if you are tired of just going through the motions, knowing deep dpwn inside you are spiritually dying or dead, the Lord invites you to come to Him for spiritual renewal.
His Words are simple, "if anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink."
Are you thirsty? Are you thirsty for God? Are you thirsty for a victorious life?
Then friends, just come to Jesus and drink, and He will fill you until you overflow and become a river of living water that will bless others as well.
In His Service
Doc
"He who believes in Me, as the scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
Have you ever been thirsty? I don't mean the average thirst where a drink of water sounds good after a long walk or after working outside on a hot summer day? I mean really, really thirsty, where your tongue sticks to the roof of your mouth and all you can think about is water.
Now I want you to imagine that you have been in the desert for several days. You have gone totally without water. You are almost delirious. Your lips are parched, your skin is cracked from the heat of that boiling sun. All of a sudden, you come upon a river.
Now, this is a silly question I ask, What would you do? You know what you would do. You would drink and you would quench your thirst.
That is exactly what Jesus tells us to do."Let him come to Me and drink."
It is right here that so many Christians miss it. They come to the bank of the river, they see the water, they watch the waves lap up on the shore. They even see their reflection of their face on the surface, but they don't drink.
You see God will lead you to the trough, But He won't make you drink. If you want to be filled, you must drink.
I heard a story one time of a foreigner here in America who saw a water fountain for the first time in his life. But he could not figure out how it worked. It had no tap, no buttons to press. After awhile he became very angry and frustrated. He was about to turn away when somebody pointed out to him a little sign on the bottom of the fountain which simply said, "Stoop and drink." When he stooped over he discovered that an electric eye detected his presence and the water automatically came flowing out.
You see when we come to Jesus. He will provide us with living water. a spiritual contentment that we cannot find anywhere.
If you are tired of living without a spiritual passion or zeal for God, if you are tired of just going through the motions, knowing deep dpwn inside you are spiritually dying or dead, the Lord invites you to come to Him for spiritual renewal.
His Words are simple, "if anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink."
Are you thirsty? Are you thirsty for God? Are you thirsty for a victorious life?
Then friends, just come to Jesus and drink, and He will fill you until you overflow and become a river of living water that will bless others as well.
In His Service
Doc
