““Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare. Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭NIV‬‬

”I’m thirsty!” If I said it once during summers as a kid, I said it 1000 times. There’s nothing like a hot, humid summer in NC! 

Thirst is the body’s way of telling us we need water. It is a longing, a craving to fill a void in our physical body.

But our heart and soul also thirst for a different type of water. Jesus called this “living water” in John 4. In our passage above we’re given an open invitation to come to the waters and drink the best that God has to offer.

The only problem is, we have to recognize our need for God. We have to “Stay Thirsty.”

For the past 2 months we’ve been “drinking in” the truth of the Holy Spirit. We’ve been focused on listening to the Holy Spirit so that we can find life. We’ve been focused on paying attention to God with us. 

And it’s been good. It’s been really good to drink from the “deep well” of the Holy Spirit. But here’s the thing about water and food…we need it every day. And the same is true for our spiritual lives. 

We need to “stay thirsty” for God every day. We need to respond to the invitation before us. “Come, all you who are thirsty…”

In Christ,
Pastor Thomas