When is the last time you've been really thirsty? I mean really thirsty! I'm talking about the thirst one experiences after running a mini-marathon. You've gone an extended time without water and you've been pushing your body to the limits. Your body is pouring out fluids and there have been no fluids taken in to replace it. When this happens, medical experts tell us the body becomes dehydrated and begins to shut down.
Could this be what is happening to Christianity today? We are teaching our Sunday School Classes on our left-overs instead of drinking from the pool of God's wisdom on a weekly basis. We attempt to raise our families and strengthen our marriages without continually coming into the presence of the Living God in prayer and drinking from His refreshing well. As a result we experience burn out in our ministries, tire of our relationships, go through the motions in our parenting, and find ourselves in a rut spiritually. What we really need is a deep and overwhelming thirst for God. The Psalmist expresses it like this: "I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land" (Psalm 143:6).
May the church once again thirst for the Living God and reach out to Him, drinking freely from His well that we might once again live powerfully victorious lives for the kingdom of God.
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