Never Thirst Again

John 4:14--NIV--But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up into eternal life.

John 7:38--NIV--Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.

     According to Jesus, there should never be a statement like, "I can't wait to get to church tonight because I really need a blessing." Or, "I sure hope everyone is in one accord tonight because the church sure does need a breakthrough. We've been going through a real dry spell."

     He was talking about the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit in these two verses. Jesus left His throne in Heaven, toiled among mortal man, had people talk down on Him, was beaten more than any human being had ever been beaten, hung on a cross for six hours until God said it was enough just to shed His blood to clean us up for the Holy Spirit to live in us. He said that the Holy Spirit would fill us so full that we would never thirst again. He said that the Holy Spirit was supposed to be like an artesian well springing up within us.

     Then why do we come to church so dry and thirsty? Why do we hope that the worship leader can pep us up? Why do we hope that the preacher gets on fire today? If that is our thought while we are getting ready to go to church then we're not ready to go to church yet. We're not ready to go to church until the power of the Holy Spirit is coursing through us. On top of that, we're not ready to face the day or the day's problems until the Holy Spirit is bubbling up inside of us. THAT is the way Jesus said the Holy Spirit was gonna be. If that's not the way it is in our lives then it is not Jesus' fault or the Holy Spirit's fault.
   
   Never thirst again. Give Him praise and flow in His power throughout the day. It will build up your sensitivity to the Holy Spirit and His power will begin to grow inside of you. Your faith in Him and the Word of God will blossom. Souls will be saved, people will be healed because of the increase of the Presence of God that will begin abounding in your church.

     So what do you have to lose?