The first step to drawing water from the wells of salvation (Is 12:3) is to admit that we are thirsty. Getting water from a well wasn’t an easy task, so if you weren’t thirsty, you just wouldn’t bother. So often, we find it hard to admit to spiritual thirst. Pride makes us unwilling to admit to anyone that we are not excited by God anymore or don’t feel His presence as closely as we used to. We don’t want to appear too fanatical about God. We are so used to ‘making do’ with religion that we forget God wants us to be in an intimate relationship with Him.
The psalmists were not afraid to admit their thirst for God.
‘You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
where there is no water.’ (Ps 63:1)
‘As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?’ (Ps 42:1-2)
‘I thirst for you like a parched land.’ (Ps 143:6)
Jesus said, ‘If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.’ (Jn 7:37) We will only drink and have our thirst quenched if we admit we are thirsty and come to Jesus.
