The water of life

And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. – Revelation 21.6

We have had a couple of really warm days, well warm for us at least. Temperatures today may even reach into the mid 20s (upper 70s Fahrenheit). If you are out much out days like that you are bound to get thirsty. But that is not really thirsty - some folks kno what real thirst it.

I am reading Unbroken at the moment.  It is a World War 2 story and a major part of the book is about men who crashed their plane at sea and spent about 40 days waiting for rescue while they drifted across he Pacific. They did everything the could to capture and drink rain water whenever it fell. The sucked water out of wet fabric and it got to the point where every drop was precious. These men knew what real thirst was.

Physical thirst is a very real concern. But we don’t often think about spiritual thirst. When Jesus spoke to the woman at the well she had the same problem. She kept confusing the water from her well and the spiritual water Jesus was promising.  Water will leave you thirsty again – but water from the fountain of life satisfies your spiritual thirst forever.

Too often people go through life looking to all kinds of things to satisfy their spiritual thirst. All of them might give some brief and passing satisfaction.

But only in Christ can we find the kind of satisfaction that never runs dry and always satisfies. So lets drink freely from that fountain. As the world around us grows drier and drier may we find the satisfaction that only the fountain of the water of life can provide.