Thirst First, Hunger Next

UV 1260/10,000 Thirst First, Hunger Next
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

Isaiah 44 v 3
Jesus said, “Blessed is the man who is poor in spirit for he shall be satisfied.” He also said, “ Let him who is thirsty drink of me and he shall never thirst again.” We need to recognize our great spiritual need and to think and feel that it is indeed our greatest need for if that need is met fully, all our other needs would be easily satisfied. Just as parched throats burn with thirst, our souls should have a burning desire for God. But through human history, mankind in pursuit of our mundane physical needs have forgotten to prioritise our aching spiritual need. Jesus promises that anyone who craves for his eternal need, his need for salvation, his need for forgiveness, his need for peace and grace, his need to relate and be increasingly dependent and intimate with the Father in heaven, his need will be fully satisfied. For this to happen, we need to drink of the teachings or the words of Jesus, the scripture inspired and written through different spiritual men in many generations. We need to drink of the wisdom of the Holy Spirit. We need to drink of the presence of God.

Without a relationship with God, our Maker, Father and Redeemer, our souls will be like dry parched land. It will break into disjointed bits or segments like dry and thirsty land that aches for drops of rain. Once the Lord pours down His mercy, grace and peace, it will once again look like one integrated field enclosed by the hedge of God’s love. We will be flooded with countless blessings and promises and experiences of His grace and love. Not only in our generation but the uni-verse promises that the Lord will be a wellspring even in the times of our offspring and succeeding generations of faithful.

Belief limits or facilitates our growth. Belief in Jesus opens the floodgates of heaven’s blessings on earth. Belief in Jesus becomes a wellspring deep in our hearts from which nine rivers will flow: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility and self control. The Lord will direct the course of these rivers now to irrigate or touch one life here and a life there. Our lives that were once a barren desert will now become an oasis of hope, a well watered garden, a fruit bearing orchard, an evergreen forest. The uni-verse also promises that the Holy Spirit will be poured on us for our anointing, sanctification, empowerment and enablement. Through our thirst for God and the things of God, our hunger for earthly blessings will be satisfied even as rainfall ensures that trees, crops and plants bear enough food for both humanity and other creatures.



Prateep V Philip