Thirsty?

Psalm 23.1-2

A Psalm of David.

 1 The LORD is my shepherd;

         I shall not want.

 2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;

         He leads me beside the still waters.

Here we are compared to sheep; our needs all  being met beautifully by our Shepherd, Jesus.

John 4:10

Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

V14 

but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”

John 7:37

 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.

Jeremiah 2:12-13 

Be astonished, O heavens, at this,

And be horribly afraid;

Be very desolate,” says the LORD.

13 “ For My people have committed two evils:

      They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters,

      And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water."

We search in vain to find refreshment and fulfillment to our souls.  We desperately consume what the world offers and find no completeness.

Augustine wrote, “O God, Thou hast made us for Thyself and our souls are restless, searching, ‘til they find their rest in Thee.

Sheep can live for weeks without a body of water close by drinking the dew on the grass before the sun comes up and it evaporates.

How long have you gone without the refreshment?

“The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.

Revelation 22.17