Are You Thirsty | June 1st

 “My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.”

  Jeremiah 2:13

  Beloved, have you ever tried to hold water in the cup of your hand? Most of the water slips through your fingers or runs off the sides. Compared to a glass or a proper container, our hands cannot hold much at all—any effort to retain water this way soon proves futile.

  This is probably the closest any of us have come to containing water, much like digging a cistern. God corrects His people for trying to satisfy their soul’s needs apart from Him. Not only have they rejected the source of living water, but they have also tried to store up water in ways that cannot truly quench their thirst, just as a broken cistern cannot hold water.

  Let us not attempt to substitute God for things that will never renew our spirit or satisfy the soul. We fill our lives with activity to distract ourselves from the pain within. We seek pleasure from sources that cannot heal the heart, deliver the soul, or renew the mind.

  The invitation still stands from our Lord: “All that are thirsty come unto Me.” Christ offers, through the Holy Spirit, living water that will never run dry. No matter your season or struggle, the stream of the Spirit is ready to refresh and restore. Come today—bring your thirst, bring your emptiness, receive the fullness of life only God can give. Let Him satisfy your soul completely, and you will never thirst again.

In Christ Alone.

Pastor Wight