Don’t Drink Coffee

…Drink water! ::GASP:: Can you believe that such a repulsive statement would be made here on this coffee addict’s blog? Well, do not fret too much; by no means am I seriously recommending anyone give up the college student, hard worker, or average joe’s  best friend in a cup (ha ha, get it? joe!).

But really, Reader-Friends, have you ever been really thirsty and then drank something that just didn’t do the job—it didn’t quench, it didn’t satisfy? My body, personally can come with some mad cravings, especially for coffee, and when I spend the ridiculous amount of money on a little latte I am oh, so delighted; BUT my delight surely wanes. And I surely will want coffee again. I will want all kinds of things again and again. And I will look to satisfy my needs and cravings for food, or sleep, or attention, or love, or excitement, or happiness, on and on. Cue the music! I can’t get no…SATISIFACTION!

Take a quick look at these very crucial verses of scripture; they may help explain my promo for water:

³⁷ On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. ³⁸ Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”^{[a] 39} By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. John 7:37-39

But the time that Jesus would be glorified has now past, and those who are followers of this Jesus have been given the said promised Spirit, the Spirit of this living water.

This means two things to me:

1. There is nothing in this world, nor no one who will bring the satisfaction that the deepest depths of my soul desires. That thirst can only be quenched by the living water of the Spirit I house under the roof of my faith. My flesh tries to blot out the fact that I have access to this water, but the truth of its existence will prevail.

2. I have to stop waiting for God to write his will for my life in the sky. He has already planted a wellspring of his guidance and will inside of me—“rivers of living water will flow from within [me].” It’s called good God sense.

I pray you know what refreshment this water offers. Would you like a glass?

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