Spiritual Thirst
If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
John 7:37
Did you know that most of your body is made up of water? We think it is mostly skin or bone, but it's really water.
Look at this outline of the human body for a second. Did you know that when you were a baby in your mother’s womb that you were almost 93% water? And now you are still at least 80% water. Our body is mostly water. That is why we get thirsty very easily because our body does not want to stop working, and it must have water to work right. Our body lets us know when we are about to go into a drought (dehydration) by asking for something to drink (thirst).
The same is true spiritually. If we are ever going to be spiritually healthy, we need to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. Jesus calls Himself “the water of life.” In John 7:37, the Lord Jesus said, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink." And in v 38: "Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." By this He meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. Up to that time, the Spirit had not been given, since "Jesus had not yet been glorified.”
People all over the world are spiritually thirsty. They are trying all sorts of things to make them happy, but the only thing that will really satisfy them is a friendship with Jesus. Jesus says whenever we are friends with Him, He will satisfy that thirst in the heart.
If you have never done so before, why not today ask the Lord Jesus to be your friend and to quench your spiritual thirst.
Bible Reading
John 7:37-41
Prayer
Holy Lord God, Thank You, that in Your Son, I have One who can quench my spiritual thirst. Amen.
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