Read: Acts 9:1-31“Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, 'Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.'" - John 7:38
Have you ever noticed how restless and unsatisfied the human race is? The more laden with earthly treasures we are the more dissatisfied we get. We seek relevance and significance, but gain no wisdom or understanding. Searching for fulfillment, we flit from one activity to another, swooning over the latest fashion until the next one is introduced and drifting aimlessly from one relationship to another. Thirsting for more of life and hungry for adventure, but nothing ever gratifies us. Nothing ... ever ... does.
The office, the mall, the public library, retail stores and the city park are full of thirsty people who are drinking from fountains that will never satisfy. Billionaires die with shrunken bodies scarred by addictions, millionaires are jailed for petty theft, movie stars change partners almost as often as they change their wardrobe. We are all searching for the same thing…salvation from ourselves.
Through His sacrifice on Calvary’s Cross Christ provided a well in the midst of a dry and dusty land. Only the life giving water that Jesus Christ supplies can quench our thirst for satisfaction. Once you drink deeply from this well, you breathe a sigh of relief that expels all of the stress and anguish bottled up within your soul. The toll from the years of searching falls away in that instant and you are renewed from the inside out.
Although there is no way to convince anyone of their need to drink from His well of living water, we can still lead them to it. All we need to do is to open His Word and expose them to His truth, sharing with them how He eternally satisfied our thirst.
Prayer:
Lord Jesus, Your river of life flows from the throne of God (Revelation 22:1). Help us to step out from behind our fears and excuses and share Your life giving water with everyone we meet. Help us to remember that their blood is required on our hands if we do not warn them of their impending doom (Ezekiel 3:18). Then, through their conversion, allow many others to see the radical change You bring into our lives.
Thought for the Day:
The adventure of new life in Christ begins when the self-defeating patterns of the old life are left behind and we drink from His well of living water.
