Thirst

The drinking fountain won’t help this one

Psalm 42:1-2
1 As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so my soul longs for you, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God.
When shall I come and behold
the face of God?

Most of us haven’t been thirsty like this psalmist (maybe David, maybe not) was. Nowadays we can hike to the top of a mountain and find a drinking fountain…or a Dasani machine. A rest stop every 35 miles.

Imagine David. Wells are fewer and further between because we don’t have Davis’ Well Drilling service. The wells that exist are precious. Water is precious. There are times a person gets so thirsty. Swollen tongue. Sandy lips. 

Real desire.

In Jeremiah 2:13 God is called the "spring of living waters". 

Jesus said, "if anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."

Water gives life. God gives life. Without either we shrivel. 

How often do you drink?