I'm Thirsty!

Water, as everyone knows, is essential for survival. It makes up 66% of our body and by the time we feel thirsty, we've already lost 1% of our total water amount. To stay hydrated, I use my handy-dandy Nalgene everyday. But yesterday when I got home from our Bible Study, I was extremely, abnormally thirsty. So thirsty that I had 2 full water-bottles before bed! 

This represents such a great picture... Just as my body longed for water to quench my thirst, so my soul must long for God's word to satisfy me. The Psalmist writes, "As the deer pants for water, so my soul pants for you, my God."

"You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land where there is no water."  -Psalm  63:1

 My soul's thirst is quenched from no ordinary water either. Rather, it’s from the Living Water - Jesus. He said, “Everyone who drinks this (well) water will be thirsty again, but 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.”

Oftentimes when I start drinking water, I can’t stop because of how good, refreshing, and satisfying it is. God's word is the same way. That's why I found it so ironic how thirsty I was after Bible Study! After getting a taste of His precious word, my instinct was and should always be to want more - because it’s the wellspring of eternal life! "Taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed are they who take refuge in Him."