The very heavens declare the power of our God and all the earth sings praises to the heart of our Creator. From the peaks of the mountains to the depths of the sea, the work of the Potter's hand shouts, Lord, be glorified!
If the very rocks can cry out for Jesus (Luke 19:40), how much more shall we, those the Father chooses to live through, be crying out for Him?
In such a dusty world we live in, God longs to pour His living water into our dry mouths and down our parched throats.
He is standing to the side, glass pitcher in hand.
He watches us.
Droplets of water accumulate on the bottom of the pitcher.
He longs to be invited.
He will come as soon as He is approached with an undivided heart.
And He waits.
But many times I don't pay attention to the pierced hands patiently holding the dripping pitcher. I try to praise Jesus through cracked lips, bleeding from thirst. My voice falters, as I gasp for something to sustain me. Jesus looks at me as I feebly praise Him. His heart beats a cry that seeps deep into the soul; child, I want you to have so much more than this! He knows we are thirsty. He knows our thirst can be quenched because that is the core of who He is - He is life. He is the unquenchable life filled with so much power it never grows weary with time but only grows more sweet. He has so much power we can't even comprehend the limitless things He can do in our lives. And not only is He able to give to us but He wants to give beyond our expectations. He wants us to be "filled up to all the fullness of God'' (Ephesians 3:19) - that is the kind of love our God has for us.
Jesus is used to thirsty people. He told one of them, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water” (John 4:10). The word "living" Jesus uses to describe water means many things. in the Greek it is to have true life, to be actively blessed and endless in the kingdom of God, to have vital power, to be in full vigor, fresh, strong efficient and active.
And all this is ours for the mere asking of it?
If we knew what could be ours, would we ask?
If we knew what our God is capable of, would we ask?
He is a God "who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think"... ~Ephesians 3:20
I was reminded this past week that God is not One hindered by human limitations. He is one who is always at work; we cannot trust our tunnel vision to consistently see what our God is doing, but we can trust His word to know He is. He is One who works in ways our minds cannot comprehend. He works because He loves us. More than that, He works for His glory to be revealed. And He is glorified when His will is accomplished in our lives.
Come, my friend. Let us drink of this Living Water...that we may never thirst again...that His will may be done in our lives...that the Father may be glorified.
"to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen" ~ Ephesians 3:21
"He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers" ~ Psalm 1:3
