Prayer ~ Lord Jesus, You satisfy the thirsty and fill the hungry with good things. I am thirsty. Thirsty for the living water that You offer. Continue to fill me with Your Holy Spirit—that the spiring of living water would bubble up through me showing Your love and drawing others to You.
“I,
Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you and to give you assurance
of these things for the churches. I am the Root (the Source, the Life) and the
Offspring of David, the radiant and bright Morning Star. The [Holy]
Spirit and the bride (the church, believers) say, “Come.” And let the one who
hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes
take and drink the water of life without cost. Revelation 22:16-17 AMP
Are you thirsty?
Thirst for Living Water.
Meditate. Thirsty?
Jesus declared Himself to be the Messiah during His
discussion with the woman at the well. He was thirsty…but He offered her living
water.
Jesus replied,
"If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to,
you would ask me, and I would give you living water." ..."But those
who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh,
bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life." ... Then Jesus
told her, "I AM the Messiah!" John 4:10, 14, 26
Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life…and the source of
Living Water, as well, just as He declared during the Feast of Tabernacles.
On the last day, the
climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, "Anyone who
is thirsty may come to me! Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For
the Scriptures declare, 'Rivers of living water will flow from his
heart.'" (When he said "living water," he was speaking of the
Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him. But the Spirit had not
yet been given, because Jesus had not yet entered into his glory.) John 7:37-39
In the focus scripture for today from Revelation 22, Jesus
offers a last invitation to those who are thirsty to believe in Him, and to
receive eternal life. Free eternal life. That is freedom from sin and an
assurance that anyone can come to Him and can believe in Him. Are you thirsty?
Verses of Salvation ~ This is all the more urgent, for
you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for our salvation is
nearer now than when we first believed. The night is almost gone; the day of
salvation will soon be here. So remove your dark deeds like dirty clothes, and
put on the shining armor of right living. Because we belong to the day, we must
live decent lives for all to see. Don't participate in the darkness of wild
parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in
quarreling and jealousy. Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord
Jesus Christ. And don't let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil
desires. Romans 13:11-14
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