Originally Published in 2008 by A This multi-part series was originally published in 2008 by Alea under a strong urgency to point people, even His church, to Him and Him alone in the ever increasing times that further “fill, distort and distract” us from the only Source of Hope, Help and Salvation, Jesus Christ. He is coming soon and we need to be ready and prepared…
Father God, please open our eyes and ears, soften our hearts and minds, change and help us to choose wisely, to know Your ways and live them. In Jesus Name, Amen.
Water
Just the Facts
Water is required for life. Our Earth is unique among all other known celestial bodies. Three-fourths of the earth’s surface is covered by water constituting of 60-70% of the living world. Unbelievably, only 1% of the world’s water is usable. About 97% is salty sea water, and 2% is frozen in polar ice caps and glaciers. This makes the 1% a very precious commodity necessary for our survival.
Dehydration (lack of water) will kill us faster than starvation (lack of food). Sometimes water that looks drinkable may contain harmful elements, which could cause illness and death if ingested.
The average adult body is 55 to 75% water. Two-thirds of your body weight is water (40 to 50 quarts). A human embryo is more than 80% water. A newborn baby is 74% water. Everyday your body must replace 2 1/2 quarts of water. The water you drink literally becomes you! We need lots of fresh water to stay healthy. Aside from aiding in digestion and absorption of food, water regulates body temperature and blood circulation, carries nutrients and oxygen to cells, and removes toxins and other wastes. This "body water" also cushions joints and protects tissues and organs, including the spinal cord, from shock and damage. Water helps prevent disease, assists with weight loss, muscle tone and skin health, and is actually needed for breathing. In contrast, dehydration can be the cause of many ailments such as hypertension, asthma, allergies, migraine headaches, back pain, mental confusion, low energy, water retention, depression and chronic fatigue syndrome. Currently seventy-five percent of Americans are chronically dehydrated and may apply to half of the world’s population.
Every process in our body occurs in a water medium. Without water we can survive for only a few days. Our body simply cannot function without it.
Revealed in the Source
The water you drink literally becomes you! If we don’t have water we begin to wither away, we can’t function and eventually we cease to exist. Anyone who has ever been thirsty understands that longing, insatiable dryness that only water can quench. We do whatever we can to get our hands on it and as quickly as possible. As part of our physical life cycle we will always need water until we die.
Water is a tangible analogy to God being our source for true life and everlasting satisfaction. Once again God reveals His provision beyond our physical needs. Let’s remember that there’s a lot of water on earth but only 1% is drinkable. There are many gods (sources) that promise life but only one is the true living and life giving God. He doesn’t want us off trying to dig our own storehouses for water because He knows apart from Him they will not hold water. God reveals in His Word that He alone is that true source as in Jeremiah 2:13 “For My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me the Fountain of Living Waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.” And in John 4:10 Jesus answered, “…If thou knewest the gift of God, and Who it is that saith to thee, Give Me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living water.” God understands our thirst for life but clearly wants us to realize that He is the only one who can truly pour life into us. He built the depths of our being, the very wells of our existence, to be filled with His Spirit to overflowing and thereby infusing us with Himself in every area. This is a powerful revelation of God’s love and longing to be our life source touching every function of our person. He wants us to have His spring inside eternally as written in Isaiah 58:11, “And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.” John 4:14, Jesus said, “But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” Do you want this Precious Water?
Let’s Ask Him
Father God, Fountain of Living water, I need you, I thirst for Your true water. Please fill and infuse me with Yourself Lord Jesus. Remove all other waters not of Your Spirit and restore me where bad waters may have contaminated me. Give me discernment to recognize and not drink from any source other than You. Holy Spirit fill me for You alone can quench all my scorched places, I invite You to revive, strengthen and bring life to me in every area of my existence. Thank You for loving me and providing Holy Spirit as my internal and eternal wellspring, in Jesus name. Amen.
Until next time...
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