Week #3: Thirsty
I could never ever forget my intense need for Mountain Dew sodas on my first corporate job. Well, it was everyone’s need on my floor and the floor below me. The daily count would be somewhere between six to eight Mountain Dew soda bottles. You could pretty much say everyone on my team was a Mountain Dew addict. The vending machine company tried replacing those sodas with Diet Mountain Dew to see if we would choose a different Pepsi or Coca Cola brand. It didn’t work. The diet version tasted the same as the original to us.
I can even remember drinking one soda and still feeling thirsty. Before I could get from one conference room to another, I found myself going to grab another soda. It was tempting and I spent about $5 a day on the vending machine. This was a bill; more like a monthly payment. I knew I could drink water and be satisfied, but I kept to my choice because everyone else enjoyed the same thing.
Have you ever drunk something, besides water, over and over again and still felt thirsty? Today, I want to talk about water, but not the ordinary water you are thinking of. Society knows water is good for them and they know it can kill any source of thirst. It’s recommended to drink 8 glasses of water a day. Water existed before we did. When God created the earth and He made the seas, oceans, and rivers, He created water. He made each human being with 60% of water.
A thirst is a strong desire for something. Everyone has a desire they want to fulfill in life. The Bible recalls a story of a Samaritan woman who went out to a well to fetch some water. She went out in the sunniest and hottest time of the day. Everyone else came to the well in the evening, but she came at this time because the Samaritans did not favor her. When she arrived at the well to fetch water, she saw Jesus beside the well exhausted from His long walk. Jesus asked her for a drink.
The woman was confused because Jews did not socialize with Samaritans. Jesus simply told her if she continues getting the water from the well she will continue being thirsty. The water Jesus offered her would quench her thirst forever. Imagine someone giving you a water bottle filled with water that will forever quench your thirst? You could save a lot of money on water. To summarize this passage, Jesus reminds her of the truth. She has five husbands and the one she is currently with, she is not married to him.
The only way to fulfill our desires and find complete satisfaction in them is worshipping the one who gave us those desires. When we worship Him in spirit and in truth, He satisfies us in a way the world cannot satisfy. Rather than being thirsty on carnal things, we will begin to become thirsty on spiritual things and see God’s perspective towards the carnal things. Be blessed.
I can even remember drinking one soda and still feeling thirsty. Before I could get from one conference room to another, I found myself going to grab another soda. It was tempting and I spent about $5 a day on the vending machine. This was a bill; more like a monthly payment. I knew I could drink water and be satisfied, but I kept to my choice because everyone else enjoyed the same thing.
Have you ever drunk something, besides water, over and over again and still felt thirsty? Today, I want to talk about water, but not the ordinary water you are thinking of. Society knows water is good for them and they know it can kill any source of thirst. It’s recommended to drink 8 glasses of water a day. Water existed before we did. When God created the earth and He made the seas, oceans, and rivers, He created water. He made each human being with 60% of water.
A thirst is a strong desire for something. Everyone has a desire they want to fulfill in life. The Bible recalls a story of a Samaritan woman who went out to a well to fetch some water. She went out in the sunniest and hottest time of the day. Everyone else came to the well in the evening, but she came at this time because the Samaritans did not favor her. When she arrived at the well to fetch water, she saw Jesus beside the well exhausted from His long walk. Jesus asked her for a drink.
The woman was confused because Jews did not socialize with Samaritans. Jesus simply told her if she continues getting the water from the well she will continue being thirsty. The water Jesus offered her would quench her thirst forever. Imagine someone giving you a water bottle filled with water that will forever quench your thirst? You could save a lot of money on water. To summarize this passage, Jesus reminds her of the truth. She has five husbands and the one she is currently with, she is not married to him.
The only way to fulfill our desires and find complete satisfaction in them is worshipping the one who gave us those desires. When we worship Him in spirit and in truth, He satisfies us in a way the world cannot satisfy. Rather than being thirsty on carnal things, we will begin to become thirsty on spiritual things and see God’s perspective towards the carnal things. Be blessed.
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