In North Texas we have experienced 24 consecutive days with the temperature exceeding 100 degrees; something we shared with the rest of the country this past weekend. During these times we are constantly being reminded by the media and others, to drink lots of water, stay hydrated they warn. While others around the country can flock to the lakes and seasides immersing themselves in the cooling waters in West Texas people and animals are suffering through one of the worst droughts most can remember.
The importance of water in our physical lives goes without saying; it is life giving and life sustaining, but scripture tells us of another kind of "water" doesn't it? The prophet Isaiah wrote in 55: 1; "Come all who are thirsty, come to the waters." The Gospel of John tells us the story of the woman at the well speaking with Jesus and He told her, "But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed the water I give him will become in him a spring of water, welling up to eternal life."
Just like the woman at the well many of us have asked the same question; where do I get this water? That brothers and sisters in Christ is an easy question to answer; you'll find that water in the Bible. It's words and messages will open a place in your heart for the Holy Spirit to take up residence there and the waters that Jesus spoke of will start "bubbling" up and out of you in all you do and say. The message of the gospel, John 3:16, is the spring that Jesus spoke of; the spring that will lead you to eternal life in His Fathers Heavenly kingdom.
During these hot summer days make sure you drink plenty of water to refresh the flesh, but don't forget to "rehydrate" your spiritual self as well."
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