Have You Ever Been Thirsty?
As the deer pants for the water brook, so pants my soul for You, O God (Psalm 42:1) Have you ever been thirsty? I mean really thirsty. The type of dry mouth where your inner lips stick to the sides of your teeth, making it difficult to talk? Your throat is so parched it hurts? Those of us who take certain medication may experience that level of thirst. There is another type of thirst that we sometimes experience, perhaps without realizing it. It is thirst of a spiritual nature. The Holy Spirit, living inside believers, creates a thirst - a desire - for more and more of Jesus and His Word. Looking at what is involved in quenching our physical thirst, we can see a picture of what it takes to satisfy the spiritual thirst. Physically speaking, most of us don’t think about getting a drink until we realize we are thirsty. When our body is crying out for water, we may turn, instead, to something else - tea, coffee, lemonade, soda, or even food. Even ...