Ask for Living Water

I listened to an audio CD of one of Max Lucado's books today, Come Thirsty. I had a long drive, and cannot stand to be doing nothing at all, so I popped it in.

Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." John 4: 10

He speaks much of Jesus being the living water... about how God promised to give us His Spirit to dwell within us like living water, when Jesus was gone. It just all clicked to me today when Max was talking about how flood waters can carry a house miles away,,, and yet they are nothing compared to the water we have. He talked about how you don't have to tell water where to go, you just drink it, and it goes to where the body needs it ~ The same is true for living water, but just like tap water.. we have to drink it, sometimes gulp it. Our physical bodies have a way of making us know they are thirsty. Our mouth gets dry, our tongue feels thick our skin gets dry, we get circles around our eyes......

Our spiritual body gives us those same indicators when we need a drink of Living water. We don't feel the joy, we feel lazy, we get irritated easily, we have a bad attitude... We need to take a drink of His water, and allow it to quench our thirst.

Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life


Max goes on to say that even though we may be standing in a river, we can still thirst to death if we don't scoop the water up to our mouths to drink it. The same is true spiritually. We can study, we can go to church, we can listen to christian radio....... it will do nothing for us if we don't take it in. How are we do this? Just ask. Ask to filled with the Living water, the Holy Spirit. We are promised by God that if we ask, He will give it. We have to be open to accept it.

Everyday, before your feet hit the floor, ask Him to be filled with His Spirit, His water...then stay in it all day, let it flow through you and guide you in all you do. Soon you will be like that house, just floating along without a ounce of effort...as God works through you.

Jeremiah 17:13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust because they have forsaken the LORD, the spring of living water