I will never thirst again!
I was told the other night that my belief in Christianity was like a thirsty man wandering through the desert, that I saw what I believed was water in the distance, but that I was following nothing but a mirage.
It struck a note with me. Not because I agreed, but because too many people think that the Christian reward is in the future, in the afterlife. I can’t even begin to tell you the blessings that God has given me in the here and now. The idea that the blessings of Heaven are so much greater that the human heart cannot even imagine them awes me, and I look forward to it, but I praise God daily for the blessings He’s given me here.
In John 7, verses 37 and 38, the Bible tells us:
In the last day, that great day, Jesus stood and cried, saying If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
That Living Water is not the kind of water where you take a drink now and then and satisfy your thirst for a little while. As long as I choose to partake of it, my cup will run over and I will never be thirsty again. As long as I remember where the source of that water is, as long as I stay close to Jesus Christ and follow him, I don’t need to walk toward a mirage to find my water, because I already have it! It will satisfy my thirst now and forever! PRAISE GOD!
The fact of the matter is, I’m not a thirsty man, and thanks to the incomprehensibly wonderful sacrifice that Jesus Christ made for me, I will never be thirsty again!
Those who are still in the desert looking may have canteens full of substances they think will help satisfy their thirst. But like canteens full of salt water or alcohol, those drinks will end up leaving them thirstier than when they first lifted the canteen to their lips. I praise God to thank him that He allowed me to find this oasis, and I pray that He will work His will in my life, so that I may go out into the desert and guide others back to His Living Water.