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Stay Thirsty


After eating a couple bags of potato chips, sure I'm thirsty. I'll grab a cold soda or juice and feel fine. But after running a mile in ninety-degree weather, I'm thirsty with a capital T. Nothing can quench this thirst like water-- pure, clear water. And that's all I want. 

Exercise makes us crave water like little else. In the same way, we need to exercise our spirits to crave the pure water of the Word of God. The flip side of this is also true-- avoid anything that makes us crave earthly things. In other words, don't taste what you don't want to crave.

Staying thirsty for the Lord means a constant quenching in His word. There is something oddly satisfying in the mere craving for Christ. Even in desiring Him, I find some fulfillment, as John says "purified even as he is pure (1 John 3:3)." It's so different than the desire for anything else, which in itself breeds only dissatisfaction and unrest. When this desire for Christ is quenched through reading His word, it also sparks more thirst that I believe will continue until we are glorified. The cycle of thirst-quench-thirst is how we grow spiritually. 

"Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation..."
1 Peter 2:2

My goal now is to fill my life with activities that exercise my Spirit and make me crave Christ alone. Then, and only then, will I be truly satisfied. 

Ponder this: What can you do to stay thirsty for Christ? What does God do to keep you thirsty?

My Prayer: Lord, may I stay thirsty for You. May I come to You to drink and never get enough of Your word and Your truth. Amen. 

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