Our bodies, according to some estimates, consist of 80% fluid. We’re supposed to drink, what, 8 glasses of water of day? How many of us do that? I know I don’t. When we stop drinking liquids, wholesome liquids, but especially water, our bodies become parched. Skin becomes clammy, vital organs shrink.
Does not our soul need spiritual water too? Just as our body can become parched, so our soul can lack nourishment too. Deprive our soul of spiritual water and it will tell us. Dehydrated hearts send desperate messages – waves of worry, short tempers, moodiness, thoughts of insecurity, sleeplessness and other maladies of the mind, body and soul. These are warning signs. Symptoms of a dryness deep within – proof that something within us is starting to shrivel.
Where do we go to find water for our soul? Jesus tells us “If anyone thirsts, let him come to ME and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water” (John 7:37-38NKJV)
Like water, Jesus goes where we can’t.
- Thoughts from Max Lucado’s book, “Come Thirsty” as paraphrased by Pam Nelson, Development Department
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