John 7:37
“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.”
To thirst is to have a strong desire for something, and to which a fellow will push the limit to achieve, for example someone may thirst for political power or seek to achieve greatness in their chosen field of endeavour. It is driver behind most individual successes and breakthroughs. In Ps.42:1 David’s confessed that his heart thirsted for God, little wonder therefore when God said that David was a man after His heart. On the other hand, we saw Gehazi, whose heart longed for earthly possession than spiritual, he ended up with the leprosy of Naaman transferred into his linage forever.
What a man thirst after determines his actions and steps as indeed his worldview. It is therefore important to check what your utmost desires are, because it will either set you in right standing with God or not. In Acts 4:36 and Acts 5:1-11, two set of people did the same thing, however with different motives, while the Barnabas sold his property sincerely as an act of service and brought the proceeds to the Church, the couple did the same but with a different motive, their aim was to take glory, an unhealthy competition.
Are you thirsty for wealth, fame, success in life, marriage, children etc, these are all good things to thirst for, however, they are not enduring. These kind of thirsts after being satisfied stops to motivate a fellow, they are basically dead end thirsts, aside from the fact that they unreliable and can be an albatross to a life, for example it was the wealth of the rich young ruler that made him miss a record in Heaven, it was the Ahab’s marriage to Jezebel that destroyed him, the sons of Sennacherib (2kgs 19:37) killed him.
Matt. 11:29 says rest for your soul can only be found when your thirst is in the Lord, when pleasing Him is all you long and thirst for always. As you pant after Him, the Lord will command His endless love to pour over you in the day , and you will sing His songs and praises all night long. Thirst for anything or anyone else that God is an invitation to non-fulfilment of destiny and being cut off in the middle of the day.
Jesus is sending another invitation to All today, He says “If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink”, He is the only One that can truly satisfy your thirst nothing and no one else, He will give you the living water and you will never be thirsty again. For when you drink the water He gives, it will become a gushing fountain of the Holy Spirit, flooding you with endless life!
I counsel you today, let the love for Christ alone be your only thirst and soon you will see all other things being added to you.
