Living Water Are you dehydrated? Are you drinking enough water? Did you know that over 75% of people are dehydrated? And 35% of them, when their body cries out for water, actually grab for food, our body mistakenly gives us a sign that we are actually hungry, when we are actually longing for water. And its when our body gets dehydrated that we start to fall apart, we get fatigued, you get headaches and just can not cope with normal life. Wonder why I am talking about this? You can relate this to our spiritual life as well as our physical life. John 7:37-38 - 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. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." That is our spiritual water! We can get dehydrated spiritually as well as physically. It is very similar to being dehydrated physically, you get fatigued, you can not cope on a spiritual level. You get further and further away from the Lord. Your spirit may cry out... "I need water"... but instead you reach for the tv..... drugs... alcohol.. what ever it is that you turn to when you are struggling. It quinches your thirst/need for a little while, but it takes you further away from the Lord. It makes you worse than you were. You spirit is just crying out... longing for the Living Water, but for what ever reason, you fill it, feed it with something else. Our bodies can only go up to 7 days without water.... how long can you spirit go without the Living Water?!?!?!?! Jesus says in John 7, actually He cries out... " If ANYONE thirst, let him come to ME and drink" We only have to come to HIM. Nothing else, not the tv, not drugs, not anything else, just HIM. Nothing else is going to quinche our spiritual thirst like Jesus does. What does being well hydrated do to our bodies?? It boosts our physical and mental endurance, It helps our digestive system. Our body is made up of over 60% water... we need it!!!! Our spirit needs it too!, It needs the Living Water!!!! It gives us wisdom, knowlegde and the will to face anything that comes our way. It gives us strenght, it gives us what we need to fight the enemy!! WE NEED THE LIVING WATER!!!! Your body can survive for up to 40 days without food. When you don't eat and drink only water, what happens to your body??? It goes through a cleansing process, your body cleans out all the toxins in your systems. When you fast, and fill yourself up with the Living Water, your spirit goes through a cleansing process!!!! You spend much needed time in prayer and fellowship with the Lord, you dump all the trash in your life, all your flaws, all your struggles, you just dump it all, you cleans your whole spirit. Are you dehydrated??? Are you thirsty for more?? When your body cries out "thirsty" what do you do? Do you, like the 35% of people, grab a bag of crisps? a row of cookies? Thinking that you are actually hungry. Or do you grab a glass of water? Drinking more water, actually makes you feel better. You feel lighter, fresher and more alive. When your spirit cries out "thirsty", what do you DO????? Do you grab the remote? the mouse and keyboard? Or do you grab the word? The LIVING WATER? And oh BOY!!! It sure makes you feel better!!! More ALIVE!!! FRESHER!!! And ready to take on any spiritual battle thrown your way!!! Are you thirsty for more of HIM!!!! More of the LIVING WATER!!!!! HE is waiting!! I have challenged myself.... instead of grabbing food... I will grab a glass of water. Instead of grabbing the remote, the keyboard... I am going to grab the word, and fill up on it!!! Can you challenge yourself??? |
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