THE WATER

ISNT IT STRANGE HOW WE DONT EVER MISS ANYTHING UNTIL ITS GONE?  WE TAKE SO MANY "LITTLE" THINGS FOR GRANTED.  SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I SURE DO!!!  OUR WATER IS TEMPORARILY TURNED OFF OUT HERE ON NORRIS ROAD THIS MORNING DUE TO WORK NEEDED ON THE WATER LINES.  I DIDNT REALIZE HOW OFTEN I TURN ON THE FAUCET UNTIL JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.  THE LORD HAS ALSO USED THIS TEMPORARY LACK OF WATER TO LET ME KNOW JUST EXACTLY WHAT HE HAS IN MIND FOR ME TO WRITE ABOUT TODAY!!! 

I AM REMINDED OF TIMES IN MY LIFE WHEN I SUFFERED FROM SEVERE SPIRITUAL THIRST AND DEHYDRATION.  I REMEMBER LITERALLY DRIVING DOWN A NEVADA HIGHWAY, EXHAUSTED BOTH MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY, FEARING THE DESERT HEAT.  I ALSO REMEMBER DAYS OF SPIRITUAL DEHYDRATION RIGHT HERE IN MY HOMETOWN.  FROM ONE EXTREME TO THE NEXT, I WAS NONETHELESS THIRSTING FOR A CERTAIN WATER AND DIDNT EVEN KNOW IT. 

IT DOESNT TAKE MUCH TO BRING THE WOMAN AT THE WELL TO MY MIND (JOHN 6).  I STRONGLY IDENTIFY WITH THIS SAMARITAN WOMAN.  SHE REMINDS ME OF MYSELF IN SO MANY WAYS.  THIS BIBLICAL WOMAN AND I SHARED THE SAME SPIRITUAL THIRST!  SHE AND I ALSO SHARE THE SAME LIVING GOD WHO SUPPLIES THE EXACT SAME SPIRITUAL WATER.  HE SUPPLIED HER NEEDS OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO AND IS DOING THE EXACT SAME THING FOR ME TODAY!!! 

THROUGH HIS FORGIVENESS, HIS GRACE, HIS MERCY AND HIS LOVE, GOD SUPPLIES ALL OF US WITH A LIMITLESS SUPPLY OF SPIRITUAL WATER.  WE ARE ABLE TO DRINK ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, AS OFTEN AS WE CHOOSE TO DO SO.  HE SPECIFICALLY TELLS US THIS IN JOHN 7:37, "IF ANYONE THIRSTS, LET HIM COME TO ME AND DRINK."  IN THE NEXT VERSE, HE TELLS US MORE.  THE DIRECT WORDS OF JESUS CHRIST SAYS, "HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME, AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID, OUT OF HIS HEART WILL FLOW RIVERS OF LIVING WATER." (JOHN 7:38)  WOW............RIVERS OF LIVING WATER!!!!!!!  RIVERS!!! 

I AM SO THANKFUL FOR HIS RIVERS OF LIVING WATER TODAY!  FOR ME, FOR YOU, FOR US ALL!  THANK YOU LORD!