![]() In this text, Jesus talks not only about quenching or satisfying our own spiritual thirst, but also about receiving the power, through the Holy Spirit, to share the love of God with others. In our fallen nature, we also, of course, thirst after other things: material possessions, physical pleasures, shallow relationships or superficial recognition which ultimately do not satisfy our restless search for “holy water.” All have a restlessness which finds true rest only in Him. All share a longing to have our spiritual needs met, our spiritual thirst quenched. All people have inherited this spiritual thirst, a desire to know who we are, why we’re here and where we’re going. I think we won the game, but what I remember most was waiting in line after the game at the water fountain, called a bubbler in Wisconsin, then drinking in as much water as I could as quickly as I could from, as I distinctly recall, a very stingy stream of water.Īfter parental and administrative intervention, we had water bottles aplenty for the remaining games of the season.Īs recorded In our text from John 7, Jesus talks about spiritual thirst, a desperate longing to quench a thirst to know the truth to be set free from sin, guilt and shame to be reconciled to God. So by the end of the game, I was desperately thirsty. Drinking water during strenuous exercise, he believed, would lead to muscle cramps. He did not allow us to drink any water while we were on the field or on the sideline. It was also the first game ever coached by our new football coach, and, even though he was a young man, our new coach was old-school. It was after my first high school football game, played on a hot, muggy August afternoon near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I can recall only one time in my life when I was desperately, ready-to-faint thirsty. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.’ By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. It was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.ĮSV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not HelpfulNow on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ‘If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Again he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had risen. ![]() Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was waist-deep. ![]() Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was knee-deep. ![]() Going on eastward with a measuring line in his hand, the man measured a thousand cubits, and then led me through the water, and it was ankle-deep. ![]() Then he brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around on the outside to the outer gate that faces toward the east and behold, the water was trickling out on the south side. The water was flowing down from below the south end of the threshold of the temple, south of the altar. Then he brought me back to the door of the temple, and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful ![]()
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