Yearning... Embracing My Need to Drink Richly of God

I have a secret! It's kind of embarrassing really. I mean, I should know better. 

But... oh well, here goes...

Sometimes, when I'm thirsty... I eat. There... now I've said it. 

I know it doesn't make sense. 

I mean, I know what thirst feels like. I know the mouth-drying, low energy, headachy fatigue of thirst. 

I also know that water is essential for my health; it removes toxins, helps fight infections, raises my energy level and promotes a healthy heart.

I know that daily I should replenish this life-sustaining liquid. 

I know this.

So why then, when I feel thirsty, do I reach for some cookies... some chips...popcorn, anything, anything but water? 

And, it gets worse... not only do I snack when I'm thirsty, but I keep reaching for more and more and... more (as my widening hips would attest).

It's no wonder... 

I haven't addressed my thirst.

Yes, I know; I don't really relish the taste of water much... and the frequent, inconvenient trips to the washroom, who likes that? 

But...

I yearn for its life-giving, cleansing properties.

 Isn't it like that with the word of God?

We know the symptoms of our thirst... life is overwhelming... doubts, fear and worry besiege us... 

the insatiable desire to have more... be more consumes us...

so we keep on searching... seeking to be filled... yearning for that which satisfies.

While, all the while, God is there and He promises to 'supply every need of [ours] according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.' (Philippians 4:19)

So, what are we to do? 

'Face God in prayer and silence, and God will speak to you. Then you will know that you are nothing. 

It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself.' (Mother Teresa)

Ouch!

Yes, wrestling with God's truths can be uncomfortable and seeing our tainted reflections can be unsettling... but God promises a filling... and a washing and in that washing there is LIFE.  

So, today I choose to drink deeply... expectantly.

I choose to seek God in silence, 'because if [my] heart is full of other things, [I] cannot hear the voice of God'. (Mother Teresa)

I choose to sip thirstily from His word. 

I choose to savor... my time with Him, and the grace showers He so freely gives...

and I choose to share... in my words... and in my living, the refreshing that fills my thirsty soul.  

'They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house;  

And You give them drink from your river of delights.  

For with You is the fountain of life.'  

(Psalm 36: 8-9)

What about you?  

Where are you filling your cup today? 

Are you filling up on the world's distractions?

Or are you choosing to 'dwell lovingly in God's presence?

silent? 

empty? 

expectant? 

motionless'? 

To the thirsty around you... 

are you a waterless spring? 

Or are you like a well-watered garden, 

a spring whose waters never fail? 

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Yearning... Embracing My Need to Drink Richly of God