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We’ve seen the deserts and places of drought. Our mouths are very acquainted with the sensation of thirst. Every cell in our body knows this primal desire. The wells we’ve seen on the mission field or in the documentary tell the story of women and children walking far for a few gallons of water. When elders in the community make plans, gather tools, and make arrangements for equipment, the community comes together and digs deep. Anticipation grows as they share the work.
Soul Longing — “As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?” (Psalm 42:1-2 ESV) What do you keep returning to when everything runs dry?
Outward Overflow — “On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive.” (John 7:38-39a ESV) Where is something good flowing from you because of grace?
Spiritual Move: Journaling — Write today not about what you need to fix, but about what you notice. Where has the light shifted in you — even slightly — over this arc? Transformation is rarely visible until you look back. Let the page hold what you are becoming. “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (Ephesians 2:10 ESV)