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“…Let anyone who is thirsty come to Me, and let the one who believes in Me drink…” (John 7:37-38).

Please read John 7:37- 41

Several years ago I taught a class in my home on how to prepare and serve a three – course tea. Although the women who attended didn’t know me, or each other, our hearts blended while sipping tea. Before the women left I shared that, although tea was physically satisfying, after they drank it they would thirst again. “Only Jesus” I said, “can give us living water to quench our spiritual thirst.”

In John 7, Jesus offered “living water.” It was the last day of the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. The people had gathered to commemorate God’s faithful provision during the forty years the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness while living in tents, eating manna from heaven, and drinking water from the rock.

After a week of celebrations, Jesus stood before the crowd and announced: “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me” (v. 37). I wonder how many understood his incredible invitation. Did they realize he could satisfy their spiritual thirst? Were they thirsty? Did they come?

Some in the crowd seemed thirsty; they recognized something special about Jesus. They called him a prophet and the Messiah. But others were skeptical, saying, “Surely the Messiah does not come from Galilee” (v. 41). They were not ready to believe and thus find their spiritual thirst quenched.

Jesus offers us the same invitation: Come and drink. There seems to be only one requirement— come thirsty. Are we thirsty? Are we open to drinking of the life that Jesus offers?

Lord Jesus, you are the living water who quenches spiritual thirst. Today I come thirsty – thirsty for You and Your righteousness. Refresh me, and let Your living water flow through me to bless those around me. Amen.

Questions: Are you thirsty today for the Living Water to flow to you and through you? Do you need to ask the Lord to help you thirst after Him? Do you need to ask Him to refresh you today?

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