Thursday, June 20, 2013

Are You Thirsty?

“but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
Luke 4: 14
 
 
Are you thirsty?
No, I don’t mean a thirst that can be easily satisfied by the latest and greatest premium bottled water or even with water from your tap.
I mean the thirst, the longing of your soul,
for more than what you are now experiencing in life.  
Jesus described the water He gives as being so satisfying that you would never thirst again.
That is water worth drinking.
Who would turn that down?
And yet many do.
They drink water which, if it had a name, might be called “Temp-Quench”.
And it could be marketed as: “The Momentary Satisfaction’.
 They trade eternal reward for short-term gain.
Their attitude is “Why not now, now is when I want it!”
Satan recognized this weakness of the flesh and tried to use it against Jesus to temp Him while He was in the wilderness.
It didn’t work with the Son of God!
Will it work with you?
Don’t be tempted to settle for the ‘quicky’ satisfaction.
It can be tempting, that’s why the one who offers it is called the ‘tempter’.
But there is a far greater offer on the table.
Jesus offers Himself to you as that Living Water.
Are you thirsty?

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