August 25, 2015

Hunger and thirst have been unplanned themes in my recent teaching and preaching ministry. But, maybe they haven’t been as unplanned as they appear; perhaps the emphasis has been placed there by the One who knows the needs exists. Fact is, we’re more hungry and thirsty than we know. The problem is, most of us live in a culture of abundance and don’t know how great our thirst and hunger really is.

“ 'If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.' But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.” (John 7.37-39)

Those thirsty enough to drink of the living water will themselves become a source of refreshment. The living water that flows out from its recipients is a spring of refreshing to those around. And, to remind us of the blessed era we live in, the writer of John’s Gospel qualifies that the time in which he wrote was previous to the giving of this precious gift, because “the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.” Living in this “post-glorified” era, we have in abundance what others could only see in faith.

May we hunger and thirst for the Christ who satisfies with living water, and refresh those around us whose lives we touch.

Steve

©Steve Taylor, 2015
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