Outside of air, our most pressing need is water. It is the foundation of nearly every process in our body. It’s no wonder that our thirst can be so intense at times. We live in a time where water is readily available wherever we go whether in a bottle or from a sink. Most of us will truly never know thirst in the way it’s described in the Bible. Unless there was a well, stream or lake nearby, a person could very well die of thirst it’s no wonder the Bible uses thirst as a way to describe our need for God. He is our soul’s most pressing need and the foundation of who we are. Spiritual thirst is our soul saying it needs God’s presence in a critical way. When is the last time you truly felt that need? Don’t ignore it the next time your soul cries out for it. God is ready to give you living water from above.
Here are some Bible verses on thirsting for God:
1. Blessed [joyful, nourished by God’s goodness] are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness [those who actively seek right standing with God], for they will be [completely] satisfied.
Matthew 5:6 AMP
2. My soul thirsts, pants, and longs for the living God. I want to come and see the face of God.
Psalms 42:2 TPT
3. Now I’m reaching out to you, thirsting for you like the dry, cracked ground thirsts for rain. Pause in his presence.
Psalms 143:6 TPT
4. O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You; My soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Psalms 63:1 AMP
5. On the last and most important day of the festival Jesus stood up and said in a loud voice, “Whoever is thirsty should come to me, and whoever believes in me should drink. As the scripture says, ‘Streams of life-giving water will pour out from his side.’”
John 7:37-38 GNT
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Devotions by Chris Hendrix 