Drink!

You may remember the Snicker’s commercials that said, “You’re not you when you’re hungry.” Spiritually and physically, we’re not the ones we were meant to be when we’re not hydrated either.

When we’re spiritually parched, we may look together on the outside, but we are not portraying Jesus. We were designed to walk with Him, and be made alive by His Spirit. There is no life apart from Christ, who is Himself the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Sin separated us from God, so Jesus came and died to cleanse and revive us; to give us eternal life so that we can drink from the well of Life forevermore. He said in John 7:38,

“Whoever believes in me,

as the Scripture has said,

‘Out of his heart

will flow rivers of living water.’”

Though the world is a dry and thirsty place, those who are in Christ have the opportunity to display the wonder of walking with Him in fullness and satisfaction. Isaiah 37:31 speaks of roots going downward, as fruit is born upward. That’s how we should look – up, not down. That’s how we should live – confident and strong in Him, not fluttering in the wind. Let’s allow Him to water us. Let’s sip on these truths until we want to be chugging!

“And the LORD will guide you continually

and satisfy your desire in scorched places

and make your bones strong;

and you shall be like a watered garden,

like a spring of water,

whose waters do not fail.”
Isaiah 58:11

“…and hope does not put us to shame,

because God’s love has been poured into our hearts

through the Holy Spirit

who has been given to us..”

Romans 5:5