The Seed of Heaven is Our Need of God

UV 3215/10000 The Seed of Heaven is Our Need for God
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Isaiah 41 v 17

Water is to the body what the Lord is to our souls. We should thirst and hunger for God even as our bodies feel the pangs of hunger and thirst. Hence, the psalmist in David wrote, “As the deer pants for the water, so my soul longs for Thee.” The Lord promises to fill us with His living water and bread. He promises to hear us, fill us and fulfill us. He will not leave us in times of famine or in the desert. He will cause rivers to rise in the barren heights of mountains or when we are at the very crescendo of our human challenges and difficulties. He will send us His living words to give us hope, to slake our spiritual thirst.

When Jesus told the Samaritan woman at the well that He could give her living water that would never make her thirst again, He was indicating to humanity that our most essential need in life is eternal life or knowing the Saviour Jesus. His words or His teachings will answer our lives’ deepest questions, help us in our most difficult moments, strengthen us in our weakest moments, satisfy us when we are anxious, desperate, frustrated, angry, sad or bitter. He will anoint us with the Holy Spirit who causes rivers of life giving water to flow from deep inside us to satisfy the thirst of others, to give hope to the hopeless, to encourage the weak, those who have failed, those who are struggling with different issues and challenges, those who live in captivity to fear and doubt.

We are the poor and needy, regardless of our station in life. The poverty line in the lexicon of God is when people live unaware of their deep need for the Creator and Redeemer in Christ. We cannot be smug and complacent like the rich man who boasted of his acquisitions. We need to daily come into the presence of the Lord and as often as we can to cry out to Him to fill our souls with His presence, our hearts and minds with His word. “Blessed are the poor and needy for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Then, as we cry out to the Lord desperately for Him, the kingdom of heaven descends to us , into us. We experience the river of joy flowing in our veins, the sensation of fulfilment and we can affirm with faith, “ The Lord is my shepherd who takes us to still, serene, pure waters to drink and to rest, to refresh and to renew ourselves. We have no want that He does not meet.”