Thirsty?

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