Everything is best when left in Your hands! All praise to You for Your incredible love and faithful answers to prayer! Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty!
John 7:32-39 (<<click here to read the passage)
This time of year, some days can get pretty warm. It’s a great time to complete outdoor projects but hard work in high humidity often leads to sweating profusely. The thing is no matter how much moisture is in the air you can get dehydrated very quickly. That’s why it is so important to drink lots of beneficial fluids – water especially – to stay healthy physically.
There is no way, in and of yourself, that you can hydrate yourself. To accomplish that, you have to go to a source outside yourself – a bottle of water, or maybe a water fountain.
But what about staying hydrated spiritually?
Jesus says in verses 37-38,
“Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’” NLT
In the notes of my Life Application Study Bible New Living Translation, it alludes to many Old Testament passages that pointed to the Messiah. One of them is Isaiah 58:11. It reads
The Lord will guide you continually,
….giving you water when you are dry
….and restoring your strength.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
….like an ever-flowing spring. NLT
Oh, my…there have been many times in my life, my spiritual life that is, that I have been dry. My soul has been parched. It’s not God’s fault. I’ve been the one that has neglected to stop and take that much-needed drink. Jesus freely extends the answer to my dehydrated spiritual condition. It is not some measly, limited bottle of water. No, He extends to us His Spirit, an eternal source of “living water”!
The Lord again declares through the prophet Isaiah,
I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants,
….and my blessing on your children. Isaiah 44:3b NLT
Also, in Isaiah 12:2-3,
See, God has come to save me.
….I will trust in him and not be afraid.
The Lord God is my strength and my song;
….he has given me victory.”
With joy you will drink deeply
….from the fountain of salvation! NLT
There is no need for us to be “dry”. We have no excuse to remain spiritually dehydrated! God the source of our salvation offers sweet refreshment, quenching our spiritual thirst!
From the old hymn written in 1884 by Lucy J. Meyer,
Ho! every one that is thirsty in spirit,
Ho! every one that is weary and sad;
Come to the fountain, there’s fullness in Jesus,
All that you’re longing for: come and be glad!
Refrain
I will pour water on him that is thirsty,
I will pour floods upon the dry ground;
Open your hearts for the gifts I am bringing;
While ye are seeking Me, I will be found.
June 15th, 2021, Tues, 10:14 pm
