Quench Your Thirst (Day 21 Dare)

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Quench Your Thirst (Day 21 Dare)

January 27, 2010 by Laura

Often times we wonder what’s missing in our life. We think: I need a better job. I need less stress. I need a more attentive husband. I need a more respectful wife. I need (more) children. I need more money. I need a bigger house. I need a new car. I need…

You get the picture.

In reality, while all of those things may make us happier for awhile – and some of them may even be necessary (love, respect, peace, happiness) – they won’t quench our thirst or sustain us in the long run. Even our spouse, who should have our best interests at heart, is human and fallible.

The needs of love, peace, and adequacy are real. No one is saying you shouldn’t have them. But rather than plugging into things that are unstable at best and are subject to change – your health, your money, even the affections and best intentions of your mate – plug into God instead. He’s the only One in your life that can never change. His faithfulness, His truth, and His promises to His children will always remain. That’s why you need to seek Him every day.

Our only reason for not doing this is because we really don’t trust God to supply what we need. And yet the Bible says, ‘Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart’ (Psalm 37:4). When we are seeking Him first, loving Him first, making our relationship with Him top priority, He promises to supply us with what we really need – which, actually, is all it really takes to satisfy us.

Do you take time each day to talk with God? To strengthen your relationship with him? Do you ask him for guidance and put your trust in Him to bring you the happiness you so long to find?

Jesus once spoke to a woman at a Samaritan well, a woman who had tried getting her needs met through a string of failed relationships. With both her life and water bucket empty, she had come to this place broken and hardened yet still desperately in need. But in Christ she found what He called ‘living water’ (John 4:10) – a supply that wasn’t just for quenching temporary thirst. What He offered her was a drink of soul satisfaction that never quits giving and refreshing. And that is what’s available to you each morning at sunrise and each night before bed, no matter who your spouse is what they’ve done to you.

God is your everyday supply. Of everything you need.

Today’s K-LOVE Love Dare Day 21: Be intentional today about making time to pray and read your Bible. Try reading a chapter out of Proverbs each day (there are thirty-one – a full month’s supply), or reading a chapter in the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John). As you do, immerse yourself in the love and promises God has for you. This will add to your growth as you walk with Him.

How will you strengthen your relationship with God? With your spouse? With your children? With your parents?

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