COME AND DRINK

“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, if any man thirst, let him come unto Me and drink.” —John 7:37

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out how goofed up man is. We are all fumbling through life, trying to make our way, trying to find the remedy for the ‘thirst’ that is nagging at all of our souls. We most all agree that humans are desperately looking for some satisfaction in life, they just can’t agree on the source. Jesus made some pretty audacious claims about the solution to mankind’s dilemma. He said He had a beverage, living water, that could solve our situation. As we begin a new year people have different ways of dealing with the problem. For some denial is the key, for others, self medication. The other common diversion is turn over a new leaf or become super successful. Still the nagging thirst persists. Here is Spurgeon’s thoughts on today’s verse.

“Proclamation is made most freely, that every thirsty one is welcome. No other distinction is made but that of thirst. Whether it be the thirst of avarice, ambition, pleasure, knowledge, or rest, he who suffers from it is invited. The thirst may be bad in itself, and be no sign of grace, but rather a mark of inordinate sin longing to be gratified with deeper draughts of lust; but it is not goodness in the creature which brings him the invitation, the Lord Jesus sends it freely, and without respect of persons. No waiting or preparation is so much as hinted at. Drinking represents a reception for which no fitness is required. A fool, a thief, a harlot can drink; and so sinfulness of character is no bar to the invitation to believe in Jesus. We want no golden cup, no bejewelled chalice, in which to convey the water to the thirsty; the mouth of poverty is welcome to stoop down and quaff the flowing flood. Blistered, leprous, filthy lips may touch the stream of divine love; they cannot pollute it, but shall themselves be purified. Jesus is the fount of hope. Dear reader, hear the dear Redeemer’s loving voice as He cries to each of us,

“IF ANY MAN THIRST,

LET HIM

COME UNTO ME

AND DRINK.”

So as you start a new year, start with humility. Recognize the problem you have and drink in this living water. If God’s word is true, you will never ‘thirst’ again.