There is a Thirst

There is a thirst.

Some try to quench the thirst with pleasure; some with possessions; others try to find satisfaction in their work or in an endless pursuit of knowledge. But this thirst was given as a gift from God to cause those whom He created to seek Him. Those who look for a source of satisfaction under the heavens and apart from God only find emptiness at the end of their pursuit. They come to the end of life and find that they have been chasing the wind. What they thought would quench this God-given gift of thirst only proved to fill them with a since of futility. The pleasures, possessions, work and pursuit of knowledge will, at the end of life, prove meaningless.

There is a thirst.

When this thirst causes us to look beyond our earthly quest for satisfaction we find an invitation from God to be loved and to live a life full of abundance and meaning. "For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His faithful love towards those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him, for He knows what we are made of, remembering that we are dust. As for man, his days are like grass -- he blooms like a flower of the field; when the wind passes over it, it vanishes, and its place is no longer known. But from eternity the Lord's faithful love is toward those who fear Him" (Psalm 103:11-17).

There is a thirst.

Some will spend the few days of their lives building cisterns only to find that their cisterns are broken and will not hold water. Others will hear the voice of God calling, "Come, every one who is thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! Why do you spend money on what is not food, and your wages on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and you will enjoy the choicest of foods. Pay attention and come to Me. Listen, so that you will live" (Isaiah 55:1-3).

There is a thirst.

There is a thirst and there is a God who loved us so much that He was willing to experience our thirst so that we could experience His life, His abundant life. "Jesus stood up and cried out with a loud voice, 'If anyone is thirsty, he should come to Me and drink! The one who believes in Me, as the Scriptures has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him'" (John 7:37,38). When Jesus accomplished His mission to provide for us what we could not provided for ourselves, He said, "I thirst." For His thirst He was given bitter wine so that for those who believe in Him they could receive His Spirit to satisfy the deepest longing of the soul.

There is a thirst.

There is a thirst that is so real and so deep that it is spoken of on the last page of the scripture. This thirst is a gift from God because along with the thirst comes an invitation. "Both the Spirit and the bride say, 'Come!' Anyone who who hears should say, 'Come!' And the one who is thirsty should come. Whoever desires should take the living water as a gift" (Revelation 22:17). If you have read these word and you are thirsty, then you have also heard the invitation of God to "Come."