John 7:37  Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink."

When we don't get enough water, we often confuse thirst for hunger. Then we eat more food. What's that mean? Weight gain! When we don't get enough water, we become tired, dizzy, and anxious; our muscles start to ache. What's that mean? A bad life! We all need water - lots and lots of water!

What's true physically is also true spiritually. That's Jesus' point.

We get burned out far too often. Our fear becomes too deep to manage, loneliness becomes too heavy to bear, and sin becomes too much to carry. Mothers can feel unappreciated. Children sometimes don;t have any friends. Husbands know they're working too much, while grandparents sometimes think that everything in life is as dry as dust. We echo the anguish of David's prayer: "O God, You are my God; earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh faints for You, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water" (Psalm 63:1).

Where does God deliver soul-quenching water? At the cross. "But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water" (John 19:34). Water flows from Christ, whose lips are cracked and swollen, whose body burned under the hot Palestinian sun. Gushing water flows from the parched mouth of our Savior, who cries out, "I thirst" (John 19:28). Christ's thirst means we need never thirst again!
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