Are You Thirsty for God?
“Blessed are
those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”
(Matthew 5:6)
Some time ago I discovered a continuing pattern and
promise in scripture. Those who come to
Him thirsty are promised to have their thirst satisfied. I wonder how thirsty you might be. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the
highest, how thirsty are you for God to work in and through you?
It doesn’t seem to matter where I am on a mission trip,
whether in the interior of Alaska, the heart of India, or in the hills of Haiti
people everywhere are thirsty. It seems
that these are the ones that God puts in your path on any mission trip. Sometimes they are poor, sometimes rich,
sometimes young and sometimes old, but their thirst is obvious.
They don’t all decide to have their thirst satisfied. Some are like the rich, young man in Matthew
19 (See verses 16-22) who came to Jesus, thirsty, but not willing to have that
thirst satisfied because of what it will cost them.
You are going to encounter some thirsty people along your
journey, and God is sending you to give them a cup of cold water in His name. But what about you, are you thirsty? Every so often in life we have moments of
deep-down soul-thirst. Life has beaten
us up, torn us down, spun us around and we realize we’re desperate for God. We need his help and we long for His presence.
Will you have your thirst satisfied? You may be painfully aware that you’re
dehydrated. You need to recognize your
thirst, abandon substitute means of filling it, and turn to the true
refreshment of God Himself. Are you
willing to pay the cost to have it satisfied?
When our thirst for God is extreme, we find encouragement
in the promise of Jesus to give us living water, water that quenches our deep
need for God.
Jesus answered, “Everyone
who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I
give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a
spring of water welling up to eternal life.” (John 4:13-14)
Can God change your life?
God has made it possible for you
to know Him, and experience an amazing
change in your own life.
Discover how you can find peace
with God.
