Are you longing for water?

Okay, y’all. Did anyone go dance in the rain when we finally got a bit in our dry, dry area?

Water is precious. My 9 year old has been praying for rain everyday for months. She is absolutely consistent in her prayers for rain. Where we live in the Texas Hill Country, we absolutely need rain. We are in a long drought and the Guadalupe river in our town is drying up. We are desperate for rain.

There’s another type of water that’s not physical and it’s even more important than actual H2O because it goes beyond our life here on earth. What is this water?

Living water….Jesus. The Holy Spirit.

Are we desperate for Jesus like we are desperate for rain on our drought-stricken land?

Do we long for and thirst for this eternal water like we do for actual water when we are dehydrated?

Y’all, I haven’t been as spiritually thirsty as I should. I haven’t been desperate for this living water like I should.

“But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.””
‭‭John‬ ‭4:14‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’” (When he said “living water,” he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him”.
‭‭John‬ ‭7:37-39‬NLT

How can we bath in this living water? What does it look like to be desperate for it? For me, it’s turning my trust and control over to Him on a daily basis. I have to repeat it and dwell on it for this release to happen.

What is it that works for you to remind you to seek the living water daily? Are you longing for this water that can bring you back to life?