Whoever drinks the water
I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in
them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
—John 4:14 (NIV)
There was a time in my
life when I didn’t have joy. I felt unfulfilled and longed to know that my life
had a purpose. I had an emptiness that no amount of activity or possessions
could satisfy. I would feel fulfilled for a while with an activity or a
possession that would bring happiness, but the activity didn’t bring
fulfillment to a longing in my spirit that was meant to be filled with only
God. The possession didn’t last long, and the newness of it finally dulled. My
unfulfilled purpose eventually lost my interest, and my happiness faded. The
pleasure of this world dulled. At the moment when nothing else brought
satisfaction, Jesus Christ spoke to my thirsty soul that He had something that
would give my life joy and purpose. He had something that would bring
fulfillment to a life of constantly searching and never finding. He offered me
living water.
“Blessed are they that
hunger and thirst for righteousness,” He whispered. “They shall be filled”
(Matthew 5:6 NIV). He promised that I would never be thirsty again. His living
water would soothe my shattered spirit and heal me. Filled with a purpose beyond
what I could imagine, I would have a joy that would never fade. I would have a
meaning in life that nothing in this world could match. I would know Him, and
He would be enough. My hunger and thirst would be filled if I thirsted for Him
instead of the things that could never bring fulfillment.
“As the deer pants for
streams of water,” I cried, “so my soul pants for you, my God” (Psalm 42:1
NIV)). He now satisfies my longing thirst with His living water. My life has
purpose and meaning. It has joy and a passion that is new and fresh each
morning. Surrendered to Him, my thirst shall always be satisfied. Never shall I
let go of Christ who saved and rescued me from my own pursuits that had no
meaning! He brings fulfilling passion to my life—and His promise of never-ending
love. The world can’t give His joy. His peace is more than whatever the world
can manufacture. His patience lasts longer than any I might manufacture! He
brings the promise of kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and
self-control into my life. If I remain in Him, He is in me. I am complete, thirsting
no more for things that destroy who He has created me to be.
©2017 Lynn Lacher
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