How To Thirst For God

All three of these places were a long way from Jerusalem. David was determined to remember the Lord right where he was. He wasn't waiting for a better place, or a better time to get close to the Lord.

CONCLUSION: Are you thirsty for God? If you are mostly satisfied with your life and yet you rarely (or never) seek the presence of God then you are in great danger.

If you have a deep thirst for God's presence in your life then take heart. God wants to satisfy your thirst. Isaiah 55:1 "Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost. (NAU)

The thirst that we feel in our hearts can only be satisfied in Christ. John 7:37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. (NAU)

"A tradition grew up in the few centuries before Jesus that on the 7 days of the Feast of Tabernacles, a golden container filled with water from the pool of Siloam was carried in procession by the High-Priest back to the temple. As the procession came to the Watergate on the South side of the inner temple court, 3 trumpet blasts were made to mark the joy of the occasion and the people recited Is. 12:3, "With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation." At the temple, while onlookers watched, the priests would march around the altar with the water container while the temple choir sang the Hallel (Pss. 113--118). The water was offered in sacrifice to God at the time of the morning sacrifice. The use of the water symbolized the blessing of adequate rainfall for crops. Jesus used this event as an object lesson and opportunity to make a very public invitation on the last day of the feast for His people to accept Him as the living water." [5]

Jesus told the wicked woman at the well: John 4:10 "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." (NAU)

Jesus has promised that Matthew 5:6 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. (NAU)

"True godliness engages our affections and awakens within us a desire to enjoy God's presence and fellowship. It produces a longing for God himself." Jerry Bridges

[1]Our Daily Bread July 26, 2007 — by Bill Crowder

[2]Donald Williams and Lloyd J. Ogilvie, vol. 13, The Preacher's Commentary Series, Volume 13 : Psalms 1-72, The Preacher's Commentary series, 331 (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson Inc, 1986).

[3]Robert J. Morgan, Nelson's Complete Book of Stories, Illustrations, and Quotes, electronic ed., 496 (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2000).

[4]From Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary Copyright (C) 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers

[5]John Jr MacArthur, The MacArthur Study Bible, electronic ed., Jn 7:37 (Nashville: Word Pub., 1997).