Water; Most of us know how
important it is for our survival, but did you know?
·
The total amount of water in the body of an average
adult is 37 litres
·
Human
blood is 83% water
·
Human
brains are 75% water
·
Human
bones are 25% water
·
A person must consume 2 litres of water daily to
live healthily.
Water is our core substance and we have
to drink lots of it to ensure our body works to the best of its ability. It’s
not surprising that our bodies have a safety mechanism in place when we need
more. We feel thirsty. Amazingly though by the time a person feels thirsty, his
or her body has only lost 1% of its total amount of water.
Psalm 42:1-2 in the Bible talks about a man whose
soul pants (or thirsts) for God, just as a deer pants (or thirsts) for streams
of water. Personally I don’t think I have every compared my desire for God as
being like my thirst for water. I did however have an experience a few days ago
which changed all that. You may or may not have experienced this yourself but,
I woke up in the middle of the night, my mouth was soo dry (never before had it
been this dry), I felt hot and all I could think of was WATER!!!! It really
wasn’t a good experience.
It’s been my own challenge ever since to choose to
thirst for God, just as I had thirst for water that night. I’m not sure how
that works, as I know I don’t want to wait until I feel far off from him to
feel spiritually thirsty. But just as our bodies need water so our souls need
God. For us to work for God effectively
then he needs to be in every part of us. I’ve been wondering what would happen
if we decided that we wanted God so much, that we had nothing else on our
minds, if we could not be satisfied with anything other than him, if we chased
after him with the same immediacy we would if we chased after water when we are
thirsty.
It could only be good… how thirsty are you?
Simon Bentley is on the MCYM course
His placement is with NYfC in Chilwell and Beeston
