Isaiah 55:1 – Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
John 4:14 – 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 to eternal life.
John 7:37-38 – 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. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
God is good all the time (Psalm 119:68, Psalm 100:5, James 1:17) and He loves us (1 John 4:19, Ephesians 2:4-5, Psalm 86:15, Psalm 36:7, Zephaniah 3:17). Family, why does God want us to love Him and serve Him? It is out of His love for us. He always deals with His children out of love. He knows that He designed us to always be with Him. He, knowing that we are not God like He is (He is the only one), wanted us to always live with Him. To be loved and cared for by Him. When God created Adam and Eve He knew that evil (the devil) already existed. God wanted men, men that He created with a free will, to choose to love Him and not let anything separate man and woman from God. Nothing! Yet, God created man with free will. What is love if not freely given? What is commitment and dedication if not freely given? Yes, God knew Adam and Eve would fall short, but He also knew He had a perfect plan to give mankind the opportunity to choose to be His children. It was all based on the love and goodness of God. Because God is innately good (He cannot be tempted to do evil James 1:13) and because He is love (1 John 4:8) He, being faithful to Himself (2 Timothy 2:13), could only offer love and good to us. He offered only love and good to Adam and Eve. He put them into the paradise that was Eden. He communed every day with them. He loved them so He wanted to be with, and talk to them daily. He loved them so much that He wanted to surround them with good. And He did just that for them. And He did, and does just that, for us. Praise God!
Family we have the greatest treasure of all, God lives within (1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:19, 2 Timothy 1:14). He does so that He may pour out His love, and His goodness to us. He begins in our souls, our very spirits, and lets His love, and His goodness work its way out from there. And oh the peace and joy of God within. Praise God! God is so inexpressibly good! God, of His own determination and will, out of the love and goodness of His heart, pours out His essence within us. He does so just because of who He is. How foolish we are if we don’t take the time, lots of time, to spend with Him, with Him who loves us most, who loves us perfectly. Let’s do that. Let’s spend quiet time with God, every day. Let’s be thirsty for God. It is a thirst that our God never tires of quenching. Love Him who first loved us. Love Him who eternally loves us. Praise God!
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.