I may not see in front of me, But I can see for miles around when I look over my shoulder, and Lord, it`s clear. You`ve brought me here, So faithful every step of the way. What can I do but follow you, For You are the Way, the Truth, the Life, And You`ve promised never to leave me, My Savior, my friend, From beginning to end.
I Am Found In You
by
Steven Curtis Chapman
"The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I the LORD will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them." Isaiah 41:17 NIV
My boys and I like to play basketball together. Actually, they like to play any sport, and are able to far more than I am these days. When we really get serious about a game, we get extremely physical. It is a great excercise, but when we get through, we feel as though we are dying of thirst. I often think I could drink a gallon of water without curing that kind of thirst.
The Israelites got thirsty. In the wilderness, so far from Egypt, when the temperatures got hot and the days got long, they grumbled for water. God provided for their thirst. He made water come from a rock. Our Lord is a great Provider!
In today's werse, however, God is speaking of a different thirst. He's not talking about the natural thirst our body has when we lack the proper amount of liquid. He is talking about the thirst within us for the things of God. Within each of us, regardless of our believes, there is a thirst, a hunger, to know God. It is a God-sized void in our life that only He can quench.
This world is searching. It is searching for answers to crimes involving children. It is searching for answers to the rise in marriages which end in divorce. It is searching for reasons for teen suicides, disease epidemics and cronic depression. The world is striving for real leadership; real answers to real problems.
Folks, the answer is Jesus. God has provided us with Living Water, designed especially for us so that we may quench the thirst within us. Maybe today you don't have some of the deep questions on your heart that are listed above, but you do have questions about the things in your life that don't seem to make sense. The Living Water is for you, too!
Drink from the well! Call on Jesus and make Him the biggest and best part of your life. Ask Him to "water you down" with His mercy and grace and saturate you with the love that can be found only in Him.
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