Devotion for February 10: Thirsty? Thirst no more.

February 10

Psalm 42

1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

John 4:14

“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.” 

I drink a lot of water during the day.  First thing I have every morning is a bottle of water.  I wake up thirsty and water satisfies that thirst.  But more importantly than a physical thirst, we should have a thirst for the Lord.   Our soul should be thirsting for His presence, for His word, for knowledge from Him all the time.  We should be just as desperate for that water as David was when he wrote this psalm.  Too many people are thirsting for something today but they don't know what it is.  Often they try everything the world has to offer--alcohol, drugs, sex, whatever.  But they will never be satisfied.

However, there is a way to have your thirst satisfied forever.  The same water that Jesus offered the woman at the well is available for us today.  This woman was a Samaritan and an adulteress.  She was certainly not the type of woman people would expect Jesus to seek out.  But He did.  Because He knew she was thirsty.  He knew she needed this living water.  This is a spring of living water.  And when we drink of it we will NEVER thirst again.  We know that because Jesus said so.

As we go through our day, let us thirst after God and let Him fill us with the living water that will give us everlasting life.